Lung Cancer - Superior vena cava replacement for lung cancer using a ...

Superior vena cava replacement for lung cancer using a ...
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Feb 14, 2006... Superior vena cava (SVC) resection for lung cancer is technically feasible, with encouraging oncologic results when modern selection criteria are used. ...
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RACIAL DIFFERENCES FOUND IN LUNG CANCER RISKS: Study shows genes ...
Eurweb.com, CA - Jan 27, 2006... Medicine, blacks who smoke up to a pack of cigarettes a day are far more likely than whites who smoke similar amounts to develop lung cancer, suggesting genes ...
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Lung Cancer - Sound Off: What do you think about a possible abortion ban?

Sound Off: What do you think about a possible abortion ban?
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Note to "pro-lifers:" Unless you've adopted in the past, or plan to adopt in the future, or are active in foster parenting, you are just as at fault for the well-being of children as mothers who choose to have an abortion. Where do you think these
Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com

Lung Cancer - New York Times Editorial Questions High Price Of Cancer Medication

New York Times Editorial Questions High Price Of Cancer Medication
Medical News Today - "The high price charged for Avastin , a drug that has proved moderately effective against colon cancer and is about to be used against breast and lung cancer, seems hard to justify on any ground other than maximum profit for its maker," a New York
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

'Babylon 5' star Andreas Katsulas, 59, dies
San Bernardino County Sun - LOS ANGELES - Veteran character actor Andreas Katsulas, immortalized as imposing red-eyed alien ambassador G'Kar on television's "Babylon 5" and a one-armed murderer in the 1993 film "The Fugitive," has died of lung cancer. He was 59. Katsulas, who
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Book Shines Light on Female Drug Abusers
San Francisco Gate - For actress Jamie Lee Curtis, the problem was drugs, and for former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, it was alcohol and cigarettes. Their experiences are part of a new book, "Women Under the Influence," that researchers hope will draw attention to the
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Lung Cancer - Advaxis' Listeria Cancer Vaccine Receives Regulatory Approval for Phase I/II Testing in Cervical Cancer

Advaxis' Listeria Cancer Vaccine Receives Regulatory Approval for Phase I/II Testing in Cervical Cancer
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 21 9:47 AM
NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J.----Feb. 21, 2006--Advaxis, Inc. announced that regulators have allowed the company to initiate Phase I/II clinical testing with its lead compound, Listeria-based cancer vaccine, Lovaxin C.Save to My Web

Student offers BCC proposal a $23,000 boost
Press & Sun-Bulletin - Feb 21 11:41 PM
When Michael Ennist'smother died of lung cancer in 2004, she left him $23,000 and one instruction: Do something with your life. He's decided to use his inheritance to help Broome Community College raise funds to build a $35.7 million communications and technology building.Save to My Web

Lung Cancer - Cancer patients need brain scans, doctors say

Cancer patients need brain scans, doctors say
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 16 hours ago... Any cancer can spread to the brain. Lung cancer is the leader: It will spread to the brain in up to 40 percent of lung-cancer patients. ...
Source: www.suntimes.com

Treatment Options For People With Lung Cancer
DailyIndia.com, NY - Feb 17, 2006Several lung cancer treatments are currently available and the determination as to which one is prescribed depends on the lung cancer stage that has been ...
Source: www.dailyindia.com

Heart transplant pioneer Shumway dies at 83 of lung cancer
DetNews.com, MI - Feb 11, 2006... Dr. Norman Shumway, the first surgeon to perform a successful heart transplant operation in the United States, died Friday of lung cancer, a Stanford ...
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Lung Cancer - Vitamin A-Like Compound Fights Lung Cancer

Vitamin A-Like Compound Fights Lung Cancer
Forbes - Jan 24, 2006TUESDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDay News) -- A compound closely related to vitamin A shows promise in slowing lung cancer, according to studies in mice. ...
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Lung Cancer - Test Rates Your Death Risk

Test Rates Your Death Risk
KXAN - You may not spend a lot of time thinking about how soon you're going to die but, if you're 51 or older and curious about your odds of shuffling off this mortal coil within four years, here's a test for you. It was developed by researchers at the San
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Doctors Want to Find Spreading Cancer
San Francisco Gate - No one ever checked whether Leslie Bather's breast cancer was spreading to her brain, until the day tumors caused three frightening seizures. MRI scans can help spot when cancer in another part of the body sends seedlings into the brain, but few
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Virginia's proposed smoking ban goes too far
Kingsport Times-News - The Virginia Senate approved a statewide smoking ban bill this week that supporters say signals mounting popular support for restrictions on public tobacco use. But the narrow, 21-18 vote, coupled with what promises to be a far more chilly reception
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Lung Cancer - College Basketball: A Season Like No Other

College Basketball: A Season Like No Other
Sports Illustrated - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
The voice is vibrant, strong, full of life. On Nov. 12, 2005, Jackson Collins left a message on the cellphone of his son Coleman, a standout junior forward for Virginia Tech. Last Thursday, three days after his father had succumbed to lung cancer at age 56, two days before returning to the court in honor of his dad's memory, Coleman sat in his Blacksburg apartment and listened once more to a Save to My Web

Negro leagues historian dies at 80
The Monterey County Herald - Feb 20 5:16 AM
Robert W. Peterson, author of a pioneering study of baseball history that ushered in an era of belated recognition for the stars of the old Negro leagues, died of lung cancer Feb. 11 at his home in Lower Macungie Township, Pa. He was 80.Save to My Web

New mechanism that regulates K-Ras - protein that plays an important role in cancer
News-Medical-Net - Feb 20 11:43 PM
Researchers have discovered a protein widely known to cause the out-of-control growth of cells can actually be manipulated to induce those cells to commit suicide, providing a novel target for the development of anti-cancer drugs, according to the results of a new study led by New York University School of Medicine researchers.Save to My Web

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer patients 'deserve better treatment'

Lung cancer patients 'deserve better treatment'
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Feb 7, 2006Lung cancer charities are calling on the Government to provide better treatment to sufferers of the disease, who they say are not getting the care and ...
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Lung Cancer - Computed Tomographic Screening for Lung Cancer

Computed Tomographic Screening for Lung Cancer
Archives of Internal Medicine - Feb 13, 2006Background The relationship of lung cancer stage to tumor diameter has been identified as a prognostic indicator. We report on the ...
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EU approves Glaxo drug Hycamtin for lung cancer
Reuters - Jan 31, 2006... The European Commission has given approval for GlaxoSmithKline Plc's Hycamtin drug to be used as a treatment for small cell lung cancer, Europe's biggest drug ...
Source: today.reuters.com

Tumor Size Related to Lung Cancer Spread
Kansas City infoZine, MO - Feb 14, 2006Smaller tumors in the lungs appear to be less likely to have spread than larger tumors among patients with asymptomatic lung cancer, suggesting that early ...
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Lung Cancer - Bayer and Onyx commence phase III Nexavar trial

Bayer and Onyx commence phase III Nexavar trial
Pharmaceutical Business Review - 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals have initiated a phase III clinical trial studying Nexavar tablets administered in combination with the chemotherapeutic agents carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.Save to My Web

Doctors To Look For Link Between 9/11 Recovery Work And Heart Disease
NY1 News - Feb 19 7:18 AM
Doctors are reportedly tracking September 11th rescue workers to see if the air at the site can be the cause of severe health issues beyond lung disease and cancer.Save to My Web

Lung Cancer - Debate lights up in Pennsylvania

Debate lights up in Pennsylvania
Cumberland County Sentinel - Carl Stasyszyn Jr. nearly lost his business after the Locker Room Sports Cafe banned smoking in 1997. Stasyszyn is a nonsmoker and his father has emphysema, so the pair decided to focus more on the restaurant side of the business becoming just
Source: www.cumberlink.com

Lung Cancer - Access to Care Affects Black Lung Cancer Patients' Survival

Access to Care Affects Black Lung Cancer Patients' Survival
HealthCentral.com - Feb 4, 2006Less access to care may explain why black American lung cancer patients have lower survival rates than non-blacks, says a study in the Journal of Clinical ...
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Lung Cancer - Politics Notebook for Feb. 19

Politics Notebook for Feb. 19
Baton Rouge Advocate - The Louisiana Board of Ethics imposed its first fines for violations of the law requiring reporting of federal hurricane relief business dealings by elected officials and their kinfolks. But it suspended the fines for late filing of the required
Source: www.2theadvocate.com

Lung Cancer - Cancer drug more effective in women than men

Cancer drug more effective in women than men
Pharmaceutical Business Review - Feb 17 3:11 AM
A new study by Seattle-based biopharmaceutical Cell Therapeutics has confirmed results of previous studies that its lung cancer treatment, Xyotax, is more effective in women than men due to the female sex steroid estrogen.Save to My Web

Novel Cancer Therapy Developed From Basic Research
Medical News Today - Feb 17 9:02 PM
Cancer researcher Professor Axel Ullrich, a director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany, already showed at the beginning of the 1990s that blocking blood vessel development in a tumour slows down its growth, and shrinks its tissue. This fundamental principle led to the development of SUTENT , whose active ingredient is Sunitinib... click link for more info.Save to My Web

Andreas Katsulas Dies
ContactMusic - Feb 16 7:33 PM
Actor ANDREAS KATSULAS, who played AMBASSADOR G'KAR on cult sci-fi show BABYLON 5, has died of lung cancer. The 59-year-old actor passed away on MoSave to My Web

Lung Cancer - Antioxidant Supplements Don't Protect Against Prostate Cancer

Antioxidant Supplements Don't Protect Against Prostate Cancer
MedicineNet.com - Feb 15 12:19 PM
Title: Antioxidant Supplements Don't Protect Against Prostate Cancer Category: Health News Created: 2/15/2006 1:58:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/15/2006 1:58:15 AMSave to My Web

Roane County: Community mourns; remembers Tony Mason
Roane County News - Feb 17 10:41 AM
Longtime Roane County Industrial Development board member and banker Tony Mason, 66, died early Wednesday at Baptist Hospital West in Knoxville. He had been diagnosed with lung cancer at the beginning of last year.Save to My Web

Price Of Genentech's Avastin To Treat Breast Cancer Could Discourage Patients From Seeking Treatment, Doctors Say
Medical News Today - Feb 18 7:02 PM
Doctors are warning that the potential $100,000 annual price for use of Genentech's Avastin, a colon cancer drug, to treat breast or lung cancer could discourage patients from seeking the treatment, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, studies show that Avastin -- which is FDA-approved for the treatment of colon cancer -- prolongs late-stage breast or lung cancer patients' lives by Save to My Web