Lung Cancer News

Nine-Year-Old Donates Hair To Good Cause  WLUC TV 6 - Jun 27 11:25 PM A nine-year-old girl got a special haircut Monday. She had 10 inches taken off, which she’s donating to Locks of Love. Courtney Anderson of Harvey decided to donate her hair, in honor of her Grandfather Richard, who passed away from lung cancer in […]

Report blasts smoking VIDEO   Kansas City Star - Jun 28 9:12 AM In the strongest official statement yet, the U.S. surgeon general called secondhand smoke a health threat that is killing thousands of children and nonsmoking adults.Save to My Web
Woman furious over mishandled cancer case  CTV.ca - Jun 28 […]

1st Friend for Life 1st Friend for LifeWHO-TV - Can a friend save your life? Can you save a friend’s life, or your mother’s, or your sister’s? Breast cancer is the leading cancer site among American women and is second only to lung cancer in cancer deaths, and it is something women cannot ignore […]

Survivors unite to face common foe - cancerStar-Press - He lost his battle against lung cancer in May. “It’s too painful,” she said, her neck bowed, her voice shaking. They watched 10-year-old Zach Jones look for the luminaria bearing his mother’s name. “Cancer is bad,” he said. “It’s a disease that can
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Smoking - Risks For Women World Fitness, Canada - Jun 24, 2006 between men and women. 80% of female lung cancer victims are smokers compared with 90% of male lung cancer victims. This is thought
Researchers Announce New Predictor for Lung Cancer Treatment and DG News - Jun 16, 2006 […]

Des McNulty MSP welcomes victory for asbestos campaigners  Scottish Labour Party - Jun 22 5:07 AM Clydebank MSP Des McNulty today said he was delighted by today’s announcement by Parliamentary Business Minister Margaret Curran that the Scottish Executive would put forward a Damages Bill and take action to overturn the recent House of Lords judgement in […]

Asbestos Linked to Throat Cancer  MedicineNet.com - Jun 08 9:51 AM Title: Asbestos Linked to Throat Cancer Category: Health News Created: 6/7/2006 Last Editorial Review: 6/7/2006Save to My Web
Court finds error on ill juror  2theadvocate.com - Jun 15 10:22 PM 2theadvocate.com is the authority on current news and information on Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Produced by The Advocate and […]

Partial Smoking Ban Gets Mixed Reaction KETV.com, NE - Jun 21, 2006 families to come. He said 80 percent of his customers are there because they don’t have to inhale second-hand smoke. Raburn said
Ban fails to smoke out exposure Ottawa Sun,  Canada - Jun 13, 2006 By CP. Anti-smoking laws have helped curb […]

Pfizer’s Sutent May Help Treat Lung Cancer Patients, Study Says Bloomberg - Jun 3, 2006 June 3 (Bloomberg) — Pfizer Inc.’s Sutent, its new drug for treating stomach and kidney tumors, also halted the growth of lung cancer in about half of
Lung Cancer Alliance Calls Foul on National Cancer Institute International News Service, Australia - […]

Marijuana use does not raise lung cancer risk Food Consumer, IL - May 24, 2006 May 24 (foodconsumer.org) - Heavy use of marijuana does not appear to increase the risk of lung cancer and other cancers such as cancer of the head and neck, a
Pfizer’s Sutent May Treat Lung Cancer, Study Says (Update1) Bloomberg - […]

N.Y. Review of Books Founder Barbara EpsteinWashington Post - Barbara Epstein, a founding editor of the New York Review of Books, a journal of ideas that has helped define intellectual discourse in the English-speaking world for the past four decades, died June 16 of lung cancer at her Manhattan apartment. She
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Lung Cancer Vaccine on Its Way ‘Within Years’ International News Service, Australia - Jun 13, 2006 By MARTYN HALE. EXPERTS have developed a vaccine which could be used to help save the lives of thousands of lung cancer sufferers.
HEALTH UPDATE: lung cancer ‘genetic factor link’ Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release), PA - Jun 12, 2006 Hereditary […]

Anti-smoking laws make progress in NS, but still have work to do ChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - Jun 13, 2006 who live in the Truro health region and 5.5 per cent of the population the Cape Breton health region were regularly exposed to second-hand smoke in public
Smoking ban extended to food outlets […]

Health NewsCanada East - TORONTO (CP) - The federal, provincial and territorial governments and two pharmaceutical companies will embark on a three-year study to investigate the efficacy of two contentious and expensive drugs used in the treatment of Fabry disease. All
House toughens and passes La. restaurant smoking banKPLC TV - BATON ROUGE, […]

Fewer people lighting up, says StatsCan  CTV.ca - Jun 13 9:11 AM Fewer young people are lighting up, says a national health survey. However, many non-smokers are still being exposed to second-hand smoke.Save to My Web
Smoking ban clears hurdle to final vote The final vote on the smoking ban takes place Monday night  Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - Jun 08 […]

New Study of Infants Highlights Second Hand Smoke Risk; Nymox Genetic Engineering News, NY - May 12, 2006 mothers who smoke found significant levels of nicotine, cotinine and carcinogens in the babies’ urine, highlighting the risk second-hand smoke exposure poses
Cheyenne Scheduled to Vote Monday on Smoking Ban KGWN, WY - Jun 12, […]

Blair promises U-turn on asbestos-death payouts  Edinburgh Evening News - Jun 13 5:57 AM TONY Blair has promised to reverse a Law Lords Ruling that prevents families receiving full compensation for asbestos- related deaths.Save to My Web
Employers warn PM over holiday pledge  Guardian Unlimited - Jun 13 7:12 PM UK employers today warned Tony Blair that a […]

Asbestos Linked to Throat Cancer  MedicineNet.com - Jun 08 9:51 AM Title: Asbestos Linked to Throat Cancer Category: Health News Created: 6/7/2006 Last Editorial Review: 6/7/2006Save to My Web
Actor Paul Gleason, May 27  Stamford Advocate - May 30 6:11 AM Actor Paul Gleason, who played the go-to bad guy in “Trading Places” and the angry high school […]

‘The Breakfast Club’ actor Paul Gleason dies at 67 KESQ, CA - May 28, 2006 He was 67. Gleason’s wife, Susan, says her husband died Saturday at a Burbank hospital of mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer linked to asbestos.
Politics in Brief Times Online, UK - Jun 11, 2006 Westminster Hall: […]

Chemo Helps Elderly Lung Cancer Patients, Too  WKYT 27 NEWSFIRST & WYMT Mountain News - Jun 04 12:51 AM FRIDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) — Don’t ignore the elderly when it comes to giving chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery, new research suggests.Save to My Web
Cabrellis Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase II Study of Calsed(TM) in Small Cell Lung Cancer  […]

PITT researcher honored at ASCO’s Annual Meeting for new approach to EurekAlert - ATLANTA University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) researcher Suresh Ramalingam, M.D., received a Clinical Research Development Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for a study on a small molecule drug that appears to […]

Hungarian workers find corpse in rum barrelOnlypunjab.com - Hungarian building workers, helping themselves to someone else’s rum received a nasty shock when they discovered a pickled corpse at the bottom of the massive barrel. The builders in Szeged, southern Hungary, had been partaking from the 300-litre
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Lung cancer slowed by Pfizer drug  Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jun 03 11:02 AM A Pfizer Inc. kidney cancer drug has also shown promise in a small mid-stage trial as a treatment for the most common form of lung cancer, researchers said on Saturday.Save to My Web
Report Links Asbestos to Larynx Cancer  Minneapolis-St. Paul Star […]

Pfizer’s Sutent May Help Treat Lung Cancer Patients, Study Says  Bloomberg.com - Jun 03 8:29 AM June 3 (Bloomberg) — Pfizer Inc.’s Sutent, its new drug for treating stomach and kidney tumors, also halted the growth of lung cancer in about half of patients with advanced disease in a small study.Save to My Web
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County stands firm on tough smoke banEvansville Courier-Press - Reiterating a desire for the strictest smoking ban possible, Vanderburgh County’s three executive officeholders said Tuesday they will compromise with opponents only to avoid a conflict with the city - and then only if it is essential. Afterward, the
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Evening Telegraph  Northampton Chronicle & Echo - May 31 5:39 AM A MAYOR taken to hospital only hours after his election has died. Cllr David Childs, 57, was elected mayor of Rushden on May 11 but was taken to Kettering General Hospital that same night as he entered the final stages of malignant mesothelioma, a cancer […]

Ontario, Quebec OK with butt banCNEWS - MONTREAL (CP) - On a shady restaurant terrace, Lamia Berrada took a quick drag on a cigarette Wednesday and praised Quebec’s new ban on indoor smoking. “People can smoke outside,” Berrada said from behind sunglasses on a hot summer day. Business was
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US bill lets 9-11 victims file asbestos fund claims  Reuters via Yahoo! News - May 29 5:54 AM Sponsors of legislation to compensate U.S. asbestos victims said on Friday they had expanded it to include access to payments for people sickened by the mineral as a result of disasters such as hurricanes or the September […]

Chrysotile is different than other asbestos fibers CNW Telbec (Communiqu s de presse), Canada - May 23, 2006 Dr. Hans Weill —– Speaking of the causality relation between mesothelioma and exposure to asbestos, the esteemed Dr. Hans Weill, former professor
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Novel Cancer DiagnosisWTVR-TV - Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. Now, new research could help in early detection and treatment of the disease. Only 14% of lung cancer patients make it to the 5 year mark. A new lab at Duke University offers promise to
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‘The Breakfast Club’ actor Paul Gleason dies at 67 KESQ, CA - May 28, 2006 He was 67. Gleason’s wife, Susan, says her husband died Saturday at a Burbank hospital of mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer linked to asbestos.
Saugus parents, teachers question asbestos testing The Daily Item of Lynn, MA - May […]

Female non-smokers no more at risk of lung cancer than males News-Medical.net, Australia - May 17, 2006 To date few studies have examined the age, sex, and race-specific risks of lung cancer incidence and death among people who have never smoked tobacco.
Laser test may detect lung cancer earlier TMCnet - May 29, 2006 (Yorkshire Post […]