Lung Cancer News

BREAST cancer sufferers have been given fresh hope as trials begin on a new anti-cancer vaccine.

As the official sponsor of birthdays, the American Cancer Society marks the 34th Great American Smokeout on November 19 by encouraging smokers to use the date to make a plan to quit, or to plan in advance and quit smoking that day.

A rapid decline in metabolic activity on a PET scan after radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer is correlated with good local tumor control, according to a study presented by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting.

Researchers at Mass. General Hospital are trying an experimental treatment to fight cancer.

When Jenny Duffield told friends she was having surgery to reduce her risk of a deadly cancer, she was surprised when some of their reactions were lukewarm.

Over the past few years the debate over this common weed has grown more and more intense, and the fact is there are an incredible amount of myths and downright lies out there about marijuana, both supporting making it legal and opposed to it.

Lung cancer is the largest single cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Smoking is still the single leading risk for lung cancer.

There are two types of lung cancers: non-small cell and small cell lung cancers.

What: Now in its 32nd year, the CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium remains the top venue for research and discovery in breast cancer.

What do patients want from their radiation oncologists? The most significant preference is that more than one-third of female cancer patients prefer to have their hands held by their radiation oncologists during important office visits, compared to 12 percent of men, according to a randomized study presented November 4, 2009, at the 51st Annual ...

Treating limited stage small cell lung cancer with a combination of accelerated high-dose radiotherapy and chemotherapy has shown encouraging results, opening the door to larger scale investigation, according to new research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Three-year survival was 100 percent for people with early-stage lung cancer and good lung function who were treated with radical stereotactic radiosurgery using CyberKnife, according to a new study funded by the product's maker.

Merck KGaA of Germany is gambling an unproven therapy that spurs the immune system to attack cancer cells will increase its share of a $48 billion oncology market.

Surgery for lung cancer may not be necessary for some patients with an early form of the disease.

"Sprayed its air first with propylene glycol, then with influenza virus. All the mice lived.

Experts have long known that "low-tar" and "light" cigarettes aren't any healthier than regular cigarettes, and new research suggests they have another drawback: People who switch to them are less likely to quit, even those who switch specifically because they want to stop smoking.

American Society for Radiation Oncology Patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with preventative brain radiation , significantly decrease their risk of developing brain metastases by more than 50 percent , compared to those who did not receive the treatment, according to a randomized study presented at the plenary session November 2, ...

Nov. 2, 2009 - Stereotactic body radiation therapy should be considered a new standard of care for early-stage lung cancer treatment in patients with co-existing medical problems, according to results from a national clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians.

Carroll Fisher does not regularly use marijuana. But he'd like to. The retired 67-year-old Niles factory worker has never smoked a joint - except for trying one in his 20s - until July.

To gain better insight on this topic, researchers studied the timing of lung cancer diagnosis and treatment a t U.S. medical center providing care to a diverse patient population within two different hospital systems.