Lung Cancer:
Lung Cancer Symptoms, Treatment Options for Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer, News Information on Lung Cancer.
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Oct 7th, 2008
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak is the only Michigan hospital participating in a national research trial studying the long-term effectiveness of RFA in early-stage lung cancer.
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Oct 7th, 2008
A clinical trial looking at combination of two popular lung cancer drugs Tarceva and Avastin showed that the drugs given together for lung cancer treatment do not increase survival rates.
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Oct 3rd, 2008
Today a large, national clinical trial for non-small cell lung cancer was launched to validate whether a biomarker can predict clinical benefit in the treatment of this disease.
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Sep 30th, 2008
While lung cancer in smokers and former smokers is the biggest cancer killer by far, lung cancer in people who have never smoked is - by itself - the sixth biggest cancer killer in the United States.
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Sep 30th, 2008
Two months ago reports began to appear in the press that Mr. Newman was undergoing treatment for lung cancer. Those reports were unconfirmed and respecting the family's privacy we made no public comment at that time, even though we were dismayed at how callously Mr. Newman was being described as a "former chain smoker" with all the insinuations about lung cancer inherent in that label.
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Sep 27th, 2008
Movie star and a good man Paul Newman died today of cancer at age 83. Many people and funs have been asking what kind of cancer did Paul Newman have. It was lung cancer.
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Sep 23rd, 2008
Empathy is important in patient-physician communication and is associated with improved patient satisfaction and adherence to physicians' recommendations.
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Sep 10th, 2008
Blacks with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease -- including chronic bronchitis and some types of serious chronic asthma -- have a risk for developing lung cancer about twice as high as that of whites with the condition.
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Sep 9th, 2008
Nonsmokers also contract lung cancer, despite of healthy lifestyle they conduct. This means that while it is clear how smokers can avoid the disease, more needs to be done to help nonsmokers avoid lung cancer.
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Sep 7th, 2008
Lung cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer, killing more than 160,000 Americans annually and millions worldwide. M. D. Anderson-led team develops first-ever lung cancer population model for African-Americans, expands previous model.
