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Penn Medicine News: Sniffing Out Lung Cancer at Early Stages
Using the same chemical approaches as in this paper, we hope to be able to detect odors in urine of smokers that could be used to identify lung cancer at a very early stage."
Thu, Jan 28 | from uphs.upenn.edu
New Test Might 'Smell' Early Stage Lung Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists say they have fashioned a new test that can detect lung cancer simply on the basis of a tumor-causing change in the odor of bodily fluids.
Wed, Jan 27 | from Yahoo! News
Smoking Cessation Gives Hope to Lung Cancer Carriers
Quitting smoking after a diagnosis of early stage lung cancer doubles the odds that a patient will live half a decade longer, a new study finds. "The results are quite dramatic. I don't think anybody would have expected such a dramatic difference.
Sat, Jan 23 | from Pravda
Quitting Smoking Doubles Survival in Early Stage Lung Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Quitting smoking after a diagnosis of early stage lung cancer doubles the odds that a patient will live another five years, a new study finds.
Thu, Jan 21 | from Yahoo! News
Grant Funds New System to Diagnose and Treat Lung Cancer On-The-Spot
Scientist to develop the first molecular image guided system to diagnose and treat small-cell peripheral lung cancer in one sitting.
Thu, Jan 21 | from Newswise
Drug With Unique Disruption Of Tumor Blood Flow Shows Promise
Phase II study results of the agent ASA404 showed promise in patients with either squamous or non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Results of this study, which were presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer, support ongoing Phase III...
Wed, Jan 13 | from mnt.to
Research yields new agent for some drug-resistant non-small cell lung cancers
The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant lung cancer.
Wed, Dec 23 | from PhysOrg.com
LSU Health Sciences Center to begin lung cancer research
by WWL-TV.com Lung cancer accounts for the most cancer-related deaths in both men and women in the United States and cigarette smoking is the most important ... Lung Cancer Foundation of America Gives the Gift of Life This Holiday Season ...PR Web (press release)
Tue, Dec 22 | from WWL
How Sun and Smoke Trigger Cancer - MIT Technology Review
How Sun and Smoke Trigger Cancer blog) By applying the same approach to other cancers not associated with cigarette smoking, including the very large group of people who develop lung cancer but ... Scientists sequence DNA genome for 2 cancersPress TV
Mon, Dec 21 | from MIT Technology Review
Tiny RNA Has Big Impact on Lung Cancer Tumors - Science Daily
Tiny RNA Has Big Impact on Lung Cancer Tumors press release) The team is currently studying whether let-7 therapy in combination with chemotherapy and radiation can induce full remission. Slack noted let-7 is absent ... Tiny RNA has big impact on lung cancer tumorsScienceBlog.com (blog)
Mon, Dec 7 | from Science Daily
Can cigarette smoking lead to colorectal cancer?
It is widely known that smoking could increase the risk of contracting lung cancer. But not many know that smoking may also augment the danger of developing ... Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Childhood Increases Lung Cancer Risk Later in LifeScience Daily (press release)
Fri, Dec 4 | from HealthJockey.com
PET Imaging Response A Prognostic Factor After Thoracic Radiation Therapy For Lung Cancer
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.
Fri, Nov 6 | from Medical News Today
How To: In Depth Medical Minute: Cancer Treatment For Any Size
FL One of the things, for example, we are very concerned about is using uniform scanning for treating lung cancer. The issue there is that a tumor would be moving when you breathe, so how to make a scanning beam to synchronize with the moving target in ...
Tue, Jun 2 | from WCTV
How To: QuitSMK2
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Fri, Apr 17 | from YouTube
Opinion: Cancer? Might as well light up
InjuryBoard.com PA - Jan 31, 2009 Many times, a lung cancer patient might want to quit, but if their entire family is smoking around them it makes it more difficult for them to quit," she ... New Utah cigarette tax SLCC Globe Link (subscription) Ways to quit Malaysia Star
Sat, Jan 31 | from Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Opinion: Cancer: What is it, risks, detection, treatment
There is some oversimplification in what I just wrote, but by and large this is how cancer works. It is not a single event. Many changes have to occur for a cell to become cancerous, and several more for it to become malignant. Generally, each step along the way is caused by a mutation in the DNA, c...
Thu, Mar 22 | from culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily
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