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Lung Cancer in the News

 

Recent News: October 2008
1 Clinical Study To Compare Two Lung Cancer Drugs (CNNMoney.com)
Recent News: September 2008
30 10-15% of lung cancer deaths are non-smokers (Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME)
  Pfizer Advances Pipeline Drugs But Narrows Focus (CNNMoney.com)
29 Lilly says FDA widens use of cancer drug Alimta (CNNMoney.com)
26 Missed Opportunity For Empathy In Interactions With Lung Cancer Patients (Medical News Today)
24 Roswell awarded $1.2M for lung cancer study (BizJournal)
17 National Early Detection Study Aims to Improve Lung Cancer Survival Rates (Canada News Wire--press release)
15 Immune System Biomarkers May Predict Early Lung Cancer (Forbes)
  Roche says Avastin benefits lung cancer patients (Reuters)
12 Easing the Stigma of Disease (AARP Bulletin Today)
11 Cancer Stem Cells: The Root of All Evil? (The Economist)
10 New Approach Uses A Common Virus To Combat Deadly Lung Cancer (Medical News Today)
9 Lung Cancer Rates Among Nonsmokers Not on the Rise (US News and World Report)
5 Creating Lung Cancer Risk Models for Specific Populations Refines Predictions (Science Daily--press release)
  Blacks With Lung Disease Face Increased Cancer Risk (Atlanta Journal Constitution, Atlanta, GA)
4 FDA Grants Calgene Cancer Drug 'Fast Track' Status (Boston Globe)
Recent News: August 2008
29 ImClone updates data from lung cancer trial (Reuters)
21 Lung Cancer Vaccine Shows Great Promise (Union Tribune, San Diego, CA)
18 Newly Discovered Air Pollutants May Cause Lung Problems (US News and World Report)
14 Lung Cancer Alliance Announces Partnership with Compassionate Communications (Lung Cancer Alliance)
10 Lung Cancer Studies Earn Prestigious Award (Medical News Today-press release)
8 Gene raises risk of lifetime smoking habit: study (Reuters)
6 The 10% Solution: Augusta woman beats lung cancer (Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME)
2 University of Miami is Working on a Cancer Vaccine (WIOD News Radio, Miami, FL)
Recent News: July 2008
30 Joe Beck, Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 62 (NY Times)
27 Things learned after a lung cancer diagnosis (Chicago Tribune)
25 Granite Countertops A Health Threat? (CBS News)
22 UAB Research throws doubt on cancer theory (Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, AL)
21 Gene Panel Predicts Lung Cancer Survival, Study Finds (Science Daily--press release)
  Lung Cancer Trial Targets Asbestos-Related Disease (Forbes)
16 Governor pledges help for Port landfill neighbors (The Daily News, Newburyport, MA)
15 Local firm makes strides in cancer treatment (The Post Star, Glens Falls, NY)
14 Special place for those with cancer is tribute to woman's late sister (Citizen's Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA)
12 Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery Speeds Recovery (NBC 17, Raleigh, NC)
11 Oskaloosa woman upbeat as she battles cancer (The Oskaloosa Herald, Oskaloosa, IA)
8 Cancer death rate drop tied to education levels (Reuters)
  The sooner you quit, the better (Chicago Tribune)
  Adm. Philip J. Coady; Gulf War Commander (Washington Post)
6 Costly Cancer Drug Offers Hope, But Also a Dilemma (NY Times)
5 Test may aid cancer treatment (Los AngelesTimes)
4 Rear Adm. Philip J. Coady, helped to battle lung cancer (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH)
3 Rear Admiral Philip Coady Jr.; Hub native led fleet in Gulf (Boston Globe)
2 Doctors extract cancer cells from blood sample (Reuters)
  Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer Risk (US News and World Report)
Recent News: June 2008
27 Why some non-smokers have lung cancer risk (United Press International)
13 Women Get Lung Cancer from Smoking at Same Rates as Men (Washington Post)
10 Inhalable Form of Gene-therapy Takes Aim at Lung Cancer and Inflammatory Lung Disease (Science Daily--press release)
9 Sister's Memory Inspires Growth (The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA)
7 Dream Round of Golf Becomes a Humbling Test (NY Times)
6 Romo, Timberlake break 100 at US Open Course (Washington Post)
  IGF Inhibitor Leads to High Response Rate in Squamous NSCLC (Medpage Today)
5 Fruits, Vegetables, Teas May Cut Smokers' Cancer Risk (USA Today)
4 Giving it his best shot: Atkinson undaunted by cancer, course (Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI)
  Cancer Survivors Cope with Long Term Issues (WCBS-TV, New York, NY)
2 Transgene says TG4010 meets primary endpoint in Phase IIb lung cancer trial (Forbes)
  Blood Test May Detect Lung Cancer (Wall Street Journal)
 

 

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