Lung Cancer News

The BBC has reported that common cancer deaths in Britain have fallen to the lowest level in nearly 40 years.

The death toll for common cancers has dropped to its lowest level for 40 years, according to new figures.

Three doctoral students in medicinal chemistry at the University of Kansas have received $18,000 in fellowships from the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education for their research on developing cancer-fighting drugs.

July 6, 2009 Allos Therapeutics, Inc. closed at $8.06 on a volume of 705,698 shares.

Even when they get identical medical treatment, black Americans with breast, ovarian and prostate cancer tend to die earlier than patients of other races, a finding that suggests biological or genetic factors may play an important role.

Socioeconomic factors in black-white disparity still concern many experts despite findings in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute Carole Brown, 51, who has breast cancer, says she didn't have a doctor for months because she couldn't find a health provider who would accept her private insurance.

A new Northwestern University-led study of human colon, pancreatic and lung cells is the first to report that cancer cells and their non-cancerous cell neighbors, although quite different under the microscope, share very similar structural abnormalities on the nanoscale level.

Cambridge-based Millennium Pharmaceuticals and its parent company, Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

More than seven out of 10 California voters support a $1.50-per-pack increase in the state cigarette tax as a way to narrow the state's budget deficit, according to poll results released Tuesday.

An analysis of almost 20,000 patient records from the Southwest Oncology Group's database of clinical trials finds, for the first time, that African-American breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer patients tend to die earlier than patients of other races even when they get identical medical treatment and other confounding socioeconomic factors are ...

WASHINGTON: US health officials on Wednesday ordered Pfizer Inc and GlaxoSmithKline PLC to add strong "black box" warnings on their anti-smoking drugs to highlight the risk of serious mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts.

Private companies that offer online genetic testing are proliferating as scientists continue to decode the human genome.

In this factsheet: The Facts on Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is the cancer most often diagnosed in Canadian men.

The drug Alimta has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent progression of certain types of advanced or metastatic lung cancer, the agency said Monday.

Susan Albano of Prince's Bay puffs on electronic cigarette, also known as e-cigarette, as vendor Amit Harel touts the tobacco-free product at Staten Island Mall.

NHS North Yorkshire and Yorka s Stop Smoking Service has helped 7,611 people to quit successfully since the smoking ban came into effect in England on July 1 2007.

On Wednesday, the new $1-per-pack surcharge on cigarettes went into effect. The surcharge is projected to raise as much as $1 billion in new tax revenues, with proceeds intended to address the extraordinary increases in health care spending in Florida and, in particular, those associated with smoking.

My boyfriend just came back from a semester abroad in Paris -- and he came back a smoker.

D o you realise that smoking lowers your immunity to illness and is bad for your health? You perhaps started smoking because you thought it was fashionable and macho! Maybe you had planned to stop burning your money but found that when you were stressed, cigarettes helped.

The European Union's health chief proposed on Tuesday that uniform laws be drafted for all 27 countries in the bloc to regulate smoking more strictly in public areas and workplaces.