Archive for the ‘Lung Cancer’ Category
Friday, February 29th, 2008
A recent study published in the American Thoracic Society's AmericanJournal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine reportsthat vitamin supplements do not protect against lung cancer, and may infact increase the risk of developing it.Dr. ChristopherG. Slatore of the University of Washington and colleagues performed theanalysis by selecting a prospective cohort ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Everyone has known for decades that smoking causes cancer, but until now no one really understood how cigarette smoke causes healthy lung cells to become cancerous. Researchers from the University of California, Davis, show that hydrogen peroxide in cigarette smoke causes lung cancer. This finding may help the tobacco industry ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Every year 4000 people die of asbestos which is more than those in road traffic accidents. In Great Britain we are in the middle of an epidemic and it is expected that asbestos deaths will to peak to nearly 5000 which is a legacy from years gone by. As part ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONXX) announced that a Phase 3 trial evaluating Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was stopped early following a planned interim analysis, when the independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) concluded that the study would not meet its ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
A recent study published in the American Journal ofRespiratory and Critical Care Medicine finds that compared towhites, blacks with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD,were lesslikely to receive a lung transplant. Blacks were also more likely thanwhites to die or beremoved from the transplant list.Columbia University researcher David Lederer and colleagues ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Boehringer Ingelheim's investigational cancer treatment BIBW 2992 has recently received a Fast Track Designation status by the FDA. Under this designation, Boehringer Ingelheim will conduct a pivotal trial programme studying BIBW 2992 in a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient group where prior treatment with reversible EGFR inhibitors has failed.The ...
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
India is in the midst of a catastrophic epidemic of smoking deaths, which is expected to cause about one million (10 lakh) deaths a year during the 2010s - including one in five of all male deaths and one in 20 of all female deaths at ages 30-69. On average, ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
Researchers involved in a large, multi-institutional study comparing the accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) in the characterization of lung nodules found that PET was far more reliable in detecting whether or not a nodule was malignant."CT and PET have been widely used to characterize solitary ...
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Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Figures show that lung cancer has increased as a result of past smoking rates. Despite smoking rates falling to record lows, private health insurance claims for lung cancer have soared 21 per cent for women and 24 per cent for men in five years.Health insurance giant MBF said the ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
A unique, multidisciplinary clinic designed for current and former smokers to help them assess the condition of their lungs and to get them started down the road to quitting will open this Friday at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. The clinic also is for current and former smokers diagnosed with ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
MUSCLES ARE AFFECTED BY CIGARETTE SMOKINGA new study has revealed the effects of smoking on skeletal muscles. Researchers from Venezuela studied the vastus lateralis muscle in 14 smokers and 20 nonsmoking control subjects. Elements such as muscle structure, enzyme activity, constitutive and inducible nitric oxide synthases, and the presence of ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
According to the january issue of the Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is increasingly becoming a problem for women. The most important risk factor for COPD is long term cigarette smoking. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a broad term that describes any of a group of illnesses ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
A new award, the "Hope Now Award for Lung Cancer Research," was announced to honor outstanding research efforts in lung cancer research. The award is established by Chawla Hope Initiatives, a philanthropic fund established by a Lung Cancer survivor and a retired CEO, Mr. Prem Chawla and is offered ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Scientists in Liverpool have pioneered a model which can predict the risk of any person developing lung cancer within a five-year period. About two-thirds of lung cancer cases in the UK could be pre-empted through a new screening programme by experts at the University of Liverpool. The Liverpool Lung Project ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO), an organization dedicated to serving as the voice of asbestos victims, unveiled research showing evidence of asbestos in some everyday household products, including Planet Toys "CSI Fingerprint Examination Kit", DAP "33" window glazing, DAP "Crack Shot" spackling paste, Gardner Leak Stopper roof patch, and ...
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