Magazine profiles ULM professor’s cancer research
News-Star - Besides lung cancer, prostate cancer has the worst mortality rate in the U.S. of cancer types, he said. That is made worse in Louisiana, where there is much poverty, less access to health care for many and more obesity. Add those factors together and
Brain Metastases
WCAX - FRIDAY, July 21 (HealthDay News) — While the nicotine in tobacco and in nicotine-replacement patches and gums doesn’t cause lung cancer, it may help it along, a new study finds. “Nicotine can promote the growth of new blood vessels and new cells
Novel Therapies Beat Back Stubborn Cancers
WVLT - More positive news came in the form of Sutent {sunitinib}, a drug that shrank tumors or prevented disease progression in about half the test patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who were not responding to standard therapy. Approximately
Lung cancer acts differently in women, men: Studies exploring estrogen
Missoulian - WASHINGTON - Lung cancer acts differently in women than in men, and major new studies are exploring if estrogen is a key reason - and whether harnessing the hormone might help fight the No. 1 cancer killer. The gender link may sound surprising. After
A fifth, for a foursome
Peoria Journal Star - In late June, my mother (Janet LaRochelle) was diagnosed with lung cancer, and the last month has been kind of hard,” said LeHew, an only child. “But she’s on the road back, getting better, and I’d like to dedicate this to my mom.” The 42-year-old