Female smokers face greater risk of lung cancer
EastDay.com, China - Nov 3, 2006 Female smokers are three times as likely to contract lung cancer as men who smoke the same amount of cigarettes, a local doctor told a gathering of medical
Be aware: Know the facts about lung cancer
Oshkosh Northwestern, Wisconsin - Nov 6, 2006 Lung cancer is the deadliest type of cancer for both men and women. Each year, more people die of lung cancer than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined.
A Better Way To Detect Lung Cancer
CBS News, New York - Oct 25, 2006 (CBS) Nearly 175,000 Americans will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year. The majority will die. That’s because standard chest
CT scan a lifesaver in lung cancer study
International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 26, 2006 Millions of lives could be saved by detecting lung cancer early with CT scans and treating it immediately, when it can still be cured, according to researchers
Regular CT scaning may detect lung cancer at earliest stage
Xinhua, China - Oct 25, 2006 And when the tumors are then surgically removed, the 10-year survival rate for lung cancer patients soared to 92 percent, US researchers report in Thursday’s
Laser Guided Lung Cancer Treatment
Turkish Press, MI - Nov 5, 2006 IZMIR - The Dokuz Eylul University (DEU) Research Hospital in the western Turkish city of Izmir has started a project for laser-guided lung cancer treatment.
Radiation After Surgery Doubles Survival Time for Some Lung Cancer
Newswise (press release) - Nov 6, 2006 Newswise Patients with lung cancer that has spread to mediastinal lymph nodes located between the chest, breastbone and spine who receive radiation
Vaccination with embryonic stem cells prevents lung cancer in mice
innovations report, Germany - 14 hours ago Researchers in America have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells prevented lung cancer in those animals that had had cancer cells