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Lung Cancer News

May 21, 2012 - Washington Post: Lung Cancer Scans Advised for People With High Risk

May 14, 2012 - Washington Post: Health Plans Slow to Cover New Chemo Drugs

May 09, 2012 - Medscape: Clinicians Focus More On Age When Deciding On Treatment For Older NSCLC Patients

May 08, 2012 - HealthDay: Cancer Cells in Bloodstream Show Great Diversity

May 07, 2012 - CBS News: Life-Saving Cancer Drugs for Children Stuck in Federal Legislative Limbo

May 04, 2012 - The Kansas City Star: Women Who Don’t Smoke Can Still Get Lung Cancer

May 03, 2012 - Washington Post: NIH To Work With Drugmakers To Find New Uses For Old Drugs

May 02, 2012 - Mercury News: Cancer Genome Data Center Raises Hope for Cures

May 01, 2012 - WebMD: Losing Weight May Help Lower Cancer Risk

April 30, 2012 - HealthDay: Hot Weather’s Return Brings Ozone Warnings

April 27, 2012 - Medical News Today: Tobacco Exposure and Genetics Linked to Lung Cancer Risk

April 27, 2012 - CNN: American Cancer Society Publishes Exercise & Diet Guidlines for Cancer Survivors

April 25, 2012 - National Journal: Air Pollution Endangers 41 Percent of Americans, Report Finds

April 24, 2012 - MedPage Today: Folate Receptor IDs Patients for NSCLC Chemo

April 24, 2012 - MedPage Today: Drug That Fights Wasting Boosts NSCLC Outcomes

April 23, 2012 - Reuters Health: Aspirin Tied to Lower Lung Cancer Risk in Women

April 23, 2012 - Wall Street Journal: Services Match Patients With Clinical Trials

April 20, 2012 - MedPage Today: Preventive Lung Cancer Screening With CT Gaining Support

April 18, 2012 - Reuters Health: Cancer Patients Rarely Speak Up About Care Problems

April 17, 2012 - Bloomberg News: Bevacizumab May Not Significantly Extend Lives of Older Lung Cancer Patients

April 14, 2012 - ASCO Post: ASCO Advocates for Solutions to Oncology Drug Shortage Crisis

April 13, 2012 - Chicago Tribune Single People With Cancer Often Face the Toughest Battle Alone

April 11, 2012 - HealthDay: Spouses of Cancer Patients May Have Raised Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke

April 10, 2012 - LA Times: Screening High-Risk Patients For Lung Cancer May Be Cost-Effective

April 05, 2012 - Boston Globe: Scientists Grow Lung Tissue From Skin Stem Cells

April 04, 2012 - HealthDay: Early Study Finds Some Promise For Lung Cancer Vaccine

March 28, 2012 - HealthNews: Quality of Life Tied to Lung Cancer Survival

March 26, 2012 - News-Medical.net Social Rejection, Internalized Shame May Contribute to Depression in Lung Cancer Patients

March 25, 2012 - Oncology Times: ASCO Recommends Palliative Care in Standard Oncology Care

March 22, 2012 - BBC News: Lung Cancer Screening Trial For Scotland

March 19, 2012 - NYTimes: Scientists Designing Viruses To Attack Tumors

March 19, 2012 - Medscape: NCCN Lung Screening Guideline Presented At Conference

March 15, 2012 - Fox Business: No Band-Aid Solution to Nation’s Drug Shortage

March 15, 2012 - Reuters Health: Cancer Costs Hit Young and Poor Hardest

March 14, 2012 - Daily Telegraph: Study Finds Asprin Compound With Anti-Cancer Properties

March 09, 2012 - Reuters Health: Cancer Patients Do Well at US Veterans’ Hospitals

March 09, 2012 - Bloomberg News: Cancer Scans May Give False Picture of Genes Driving Disease

March 02, 2012 - LA Times: Exposure To Diesel Exhaust May Increase Lung Cancer Mortality

February 29, 2012 - Reuters Health: Some With Lung Cancer Get Unhelpful Radiation

February 27, 2012 - Reuters: Counterfeit Avastin Contained Salt, Starch, Chemicals

February 27, 2012 - HealthDay: “Chemo Brain” May Linger 20 Years After Treatment

February 25, 2012 - STLtoday: Cancer’s Growing Burden: The High Cost of Care

February 24, 2012 - HealthDay: British Study Finds Barriers to Lung Cancer Diagnosis

February 22, 2012 - Physician's Briefing: High VEGF Signaling Score Tied to Lung Cancer

February 17, 2012 - Reuters: Denmark’s CareMed Says Shipped Fake Avastin Unwittingly

February 15, 2012 - MedPage Today: Integrative Medicine Use Up, but Outcomes Still Uncertain

February 13, 2012 - HealthDay: Study: Radiation After Lung Cancer Surgery Doesn’t Help All

February 12, 2012 - Bloomberg: Study: High-Speed DNA Scans Help Most Lung Cancer Patients

February 10, 2012 - Reuters Health: “Hunger Hormone” Could Help Chemo Patients

February 09, 2012 - MedicalXpress Researchers Find Important ‘Target’ Playing Role in Tobacco-Related Lung Cancers

February 08, 2012 - HealthDay: Fasting Plus Chemo May Help in Cancer Fight

February 03, 2012 - OregonLive: Funding the NIH: Investing in Medical Research is Vital to Our Health

February 03, 2012 - Medscape: Lawmaker Calls For Bipartisan Support For Cancer Research

February 02, 2012 - Medscape: Drug Shortages Are Speeding Cancer Deaths, Survey Says

January 30, 2012 - Bloomberg News: Genomic Data May Help Target Treatments for Diseases

January 28, 2012 - Bloomberg News: NCI Project to Address Unanswered Questions in Cancer Research

January 26, 2012 - HealthDay: Test Might Predict Risk of Lung Cancer’s Return

January 25, 2012 - Reuters Health: Exercise May Boost Mood For Some Chronically Ill

January 21, 2012 - NY Daily News: Patients Suffering From Cancer Struggle With Drug Shortages

January 18, 2012 - PBS NewsHour: As New Cancer Treatments Emerge, an Old Question: ‘What If?’

January 13, 2012 - PBS NewsHour: Are Personalized Molecular Profiles the Future of Cancer Treatment?

January 11, 2012 - Dayton Business Journal FDA Approves Firm’s X-Ray Software For Cancer Detection

January 10, 2012 - MedPage Today: Breath Test Sniffs Out Lung Cancer

January 09, 2012 - HealthDay: Anti-Estrogen Treatment Shrank Lung Tumors in Mice

January 09, 2012 - HealthDay: Never-Smokers may Have Different Mutations in Genes than Smokers

January 05, 2012 - ABC News: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline

January 05, 2012 - US EPA: Overexposure to Radon Second Leading Cause of Lung Cancer in the U.S.

December 31, 2011 - Reuters: Cancer Patients on Medicaid Appear to Have Shorter Survival Time

December 20, 2011 - Washington Post: Physicians Express Difficulty In Giving Prognoses To Terminally Ill Patients

December 17, 2011 - Bloomberg News: Experts Say Cancer Survivors Need More Customized Help

December 13, 2011 - NYTimes: Medicine Shortages Raising Healthcare Costs, Risking Errors

December 11, 2011 - Daily Mail: New Radiotherapy Machine can Destory Tumors

December 06, 2011 - HealthDay: Targeted Drugs, Lung CT Screening Top Cancer Advances in 2011

December 01, 2011 - Wall Street Journal: WellPoint to Cover Lung CT Scans for Heavy Smokers

November 30, 2011 - AP: States Cut Funding for Tobacco Prevention

November 30, 2011 - HealthDay: Men More Likely to Skip Cancer Screenings

November 28, 2011 - WebMD: Microwave Technique Fights Lung Tumors

November 18, 2011 - Medscape: HIV Infection Not Associated with Lung Cancer

November 16, 2011 - Market Watch: Survey Reveals Gaps in Knowledge of Genetic Mutation Testing

November 16, 2011 - HealthDay: Healthy Heart Habits May Also Guard Against Cancer

November 08, 2011 - Reuters: No Link Between Selenium, Lower Lung Cancer Risk

November 08, 2011 - AFP: Gene Test Helps Tailored Treatment for Cancer Patients

November 07, 2011 - CancerProgress.Net: ASCO Releases Blueprint for Cancer Research in Next Decade

November 04, 2011 - NYTimes: FDA Officials Hail Increased Drug Approvals

November 03, 2011 - MedPage Today: NCCN Reccomends Low-Dose CT Scans for People at High Risk for Lung Cancer

October 31, 2011 - Washington Post: Executive Order Aimed at Curbing Drug Shortages

October 26, 2011 - LA Times: Physicians Receiving Better Training In Treating Young Adults With Cancer

October 25, 2011 - Boston Globe: Major Study to Test Tumors for Mutations Launched

October 25, 2011 - Medscape: Exercise During NSCLC Treatment May Be Effective

October 21, 2011 - WebMD: Vaccine May Help Slow Spread of Lung Cancer

October 20, 2011 - PRWire: Diabetes May Increase Survival in Lung Cancer Patients

October 14, 2011 - AFP: Primitive Cooking Stoves Cause 2 Million Lung Disease Deaths Worldwide Annually

October 06, 2011 - Medscape: NCI Predicts Increase in Number of Older Cancer Survivors

September 22, 2011 - Medscape: Congress Urged to Renew Commitment to Cancer Research

September 15, 2011 - CBS News: US lung cancer rates fall, led by Western states

September 14, 2011 - The Globe and Mail Op-ed: Lung cancer is a women’s disease too

September 07, 2011 - Cancer.Net: ASCO Updates Chemotherapy Guidelines

August 31, 2011 - Bloomberg: Modified Smallpox Vaccine Targets Cancer Cells

August 26, 2011 - Bloomberg: FDA Approves Pfizer Lung Cancer Drug Crizotinib

August 25, 2011 - New York Times Editorial: Shortage of Vital Drugs