What Causes Lung Cancer

September 30, 2008 · Filed Under Health Education · Comment 

Lung growth is the principal instigate of sarcoma deaths in both women and men in the United States and throughout the world. Lung melanoma has surpassed breast plague as the leading motive of sarcoma deaths in women. Read more

Why You Should Go Get Tested For Lung Cancer

September 30, 2008 · Filed Under Cancer Treatment · Comment 

Smoking is BAD! Is their still a living soul that doesn’t know and understand this? There can’t be. The media won’t let such a thing appear. Just take a gander at all the anti-smoking commercials aired daily. If they don’t get the peak across, nothing will. Read more

Exercise Is A Good Way To Stop Smoking

August 26, 2008 · Filed Under Exercise & Fitness · Comment 

When you decide to stop smoking, you’ll bring on other changes in your life as well. Smoking is a very addictive habit, meaning that it is very hard to quit. There are a lot of changes that take place, although exercise can be a big help to you when you decide to quit. Read more

What Are The Harmful Health Effects Of Smoking?

July 3, 2008 · Filed Under Health Education · Comment 

What are the harmful health effects of smoking. Can you stop them, especially if you’ve smoked for a long time? You are probably concerned about the negative effects of smoking on your health, and you should be. Read more

What Is Cancer?

June 21, 2008 · Filed Under Health Education · Comment 

What is Cancer?

There are quite a few manifestations of malignant tumors - Burkitt Lymphoma and Retinoblastoma and Thymoma and Ovarian Low Malignant Potential Tumor Read more

AT Gene Deficiency Increases Lung Cancer Risk

May 28, 2008 · Filed Under Cancer Treatment · Comment 

A study links lung cancer to a certain gene variation - alpha1-antitrypsin gene deficiency, which increases the risk for developing lung cancer. Read more

ALIMTA Improves Survival In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

May 28, 2008 · Filed Under Cancer Treatment · Comment 

The type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have may now influence their treatment regimen and, in turn, survival outcome according to the results of a major study published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Publication of the study was announced by Eli Lilly and Company. Read more

Looking At Lung Cancer And Tobacco Carcinogens

May 28, 2008 · Filed Under Cancer Treatment · Comment 

Two types of cancer-causing agents in cigarettes - a nicotine-derived chemical and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the main culprits in lung cancer. Exposure to tobaccosmoke – both mainstream and second-hand – is a leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Read more

Determining Genetic Signature Of Lung Tumors Can Help Guide Treatment

May 27, 2008 · Filed Under Cancer Treatment · Comment 

The first U.S. clinical trial using genetic screening to identify lung tumors likely to respond to targeted therapies supports the use of those drugs as first-line treatment rather than after standard chemotherapy has failed. Read more