Lung Cancer News

Electronic-cigarettes or E-Cigarettes, are battery-powered devices that heat liquid nicotine in a disposable cartridge and produce a vapor that's inhaled.

Middle-aged men who stayed fit were less likely to die from three common cancers after being diagnosed than those who were out of shape, research found.

A CT scan that screens for early signs of lung cancer is now available for heavy smokers at the bargain rate of $99. Saint Mary's Health Care this week introduced the program offering the low-dose lung CT in hopes of finding lung cancers at a stage early enough to cure.

The surgical management of non-small cell lung cancer in U.S. hospitals varies widely depending on the race of the patient, according to a new study.

Boca Region Hospital continues to make news for its staff, facilities and equipment.

Use of low-dose computed tomography to screen for lung cancer produces three times the rate of positive screens that chest x-ray does, while finding more early-stage tumors, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study.

WEDNESDAY, May 22 -- Physicians weighing the benefits and risks of CT scans for detecting lung cancer now have more information to help with the decision.

Lakefield student's success continues as he snags the top prize for his work to target cancer cells with nano-silver particles science fair Adam Noble-1.jpg. Grade 12 Lakefield District Secondary School student Adam Noble checks out cancer cells through a microscope.

Recently, Angelina Jolie revealed that she "decided to be proactive" and underwent a preventive double mastectomy upon discovering she had the gene that would most likely cause her to develop breast cancer.

Researchers found 26 genes that were expressed only in patients with aggressive forms of lung cancer, a potential means for earlier detection of the illness.

JinHi Soucy Rand, the proprietress of Muse Arts Warehouse, guest-directed Bay Street Theatre's joyful production of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent last spring.

In a bit of good news today, the American Cancer Society reports that as of Wednesday, its 100th birthday, two out of three people who are diagnosed with cancer today will survive for at least five years, and cancer rates in the U.S. are down 20 percent overall since the 1990s.

A new large scale 10-year study on the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer shows there are racial disparities on which patients undergo surgery as early treatment with Hispanics leading the way.

Researchers have developed a new drug delivery system that allows inhalation of chemotherapeutic drugs to help treat lung cancer, and in laboratory and animal tests it appears to reduce the systemic damage done to other organs while significantly improving the treatment of lung tumors.

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LDCT uses less than a quarter of the radiation of a conventional CT scan. "Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death and has a poor survival rate," said Sue Yoon, nurse practitioner at VA Boston HealthCare West Roxbury Division.

The findings suggest that a prosaposin-based drug could potentially block metastasis in a variety of cancers.

Dr. Tolga Tuncer , a native of the United States who was raised in Ankara, Turkey, has joined the center, which is a collaboration of Borgess Health and Bronson Healthcare Group Tuncer completed four medical fellowships, the most recent in hematology and oncology at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson.

Finding early signs of lung cancer was once next to impossible, but a new study adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that screening with low-dose CT scans may help spot the beginnings of disease in high-risk patients.