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3 hrs ago | Forbes.com

Altria Group: E-Cigarettes Or Die?

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

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Related Topix: Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medicine, New York, NY, Michael Bloomberh, Smoking, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition

7 hrs ago | Bend Bulletin

Staying fit cuts risk of cancer death in middle-aged men

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.

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Related Topix: Colorectal Health, Medicine, Health, Oncology

8 hrs ago | MLive.com

CT scans for smokers offered for $99 in hopes of catching lung cancer early

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.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health

9 hrs ago | MediLexicon

In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Racial Disparities Found In Surgical Management

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.

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Related Topix: Health, Creighton University, African-American

10 hrs ago | Boca News Now

Major Lung Cancer Advancement At Boca Regional

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

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, Boca Raton, FL

Wed May 22, 2013

Journal Watch

Early Experience in Screening for Lung Cancers with Low-Dose CT Detailed

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.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking, Medicine

WebMD

CT Scans Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Confirms

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.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking

MyKawartha.com

Noble cleans up at Canada-Wide Science Fair

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, North America, Canada, World News, Cervical Cancer

People

Angelina Jolie Takes Action Vs. Cancer - How You Can Too

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.

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Related Topix: Breast Cancer, Health, Smoking

Medical Daily

Twenty Six Genes Could Help Identify Aggressive Lung 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.

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Related Topix: Health

Connect Savannah

Best of Savannah: Arts & Culture 2013

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.

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Related Topix: Savannah, GA, Jonathan Larson, Theater, Arts, Health

International Business Times

American Cancer Society Turns 100, Cancer Incidents in U.S. Trending Downward

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.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cancer, Health, Charitable Organizations, American Cancer Society, Schizophrenia

Hispanically Speaking

Hispanic Health: Hispanics More Likely than Others to Seek Early Treatment for Lung Cancer

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.

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Related Topix: Health, African-American

EurekAlert!

Research offers promising new approach to treatment of lung cancer

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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Related Topix: Health, Rutgers University

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Rosetta Genomics to Present at the Jefferies 2013 Healthcare Conference

The Rosetta Cancer Origin Testa can accurately identify the primary tumor type in primary and metastatic cancer including cancer of unknown or uncertain primary .

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Related Topix: Biotech, Rosetta Genomics, Health, Kidney Cancer

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IsoRay Announces A New International Distributor For Greece

This statement is included for the express purpose of availing It is important to note that actual results and ultimate corporate actions could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements based on such factors as physician acceptance, training and use of current and proposed future products, whether later studies and protocols ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, Brain Cancer, Prostate Cancer

Science Daily

Low radiation scans help identify cancer in earliest stages

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.

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Related Topix: Health, Smoking, Medicine

Tue May 21, 2013

Applied Clinical Trials

Changing Cancer's Environment To Halt Its Spread

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

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Related Topix: Health, Prostate Cancer

MLive.com

West Michigan Cancer Center expands oncology team, adds Dr. Tolga Tuncer

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.

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Related Topix: Oncology, Medicine, Cancer, Health, Turkey, World News, Hematology, University of Arizona

Drugs.com

Study Supports Using Low-Dose CT Scans to Spot Early Lung Cancer

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.

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Related Topix: Health, Radiology, Medicine, Smoking