sam wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterLow body mass index (BMI) is strongly associated with an increased risk of lung cancer among current smokers, researchers report in the November issue of the International Journal of Cancer.
“Our study was based on a nationally representative prospective cohort study of (about) 220,000 men in [...]

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sam wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterChristopher Taylor says he never lasted more than a week when he tried to quit smoking in the past. But it has been four weeks and counting this time, since a genetic test indicated he had a much higher risk of developing lung cancer than [...]

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sam wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterA simple questionnaire can identify patients at high risk for lung cancer, researchers say.
In a study that began in 2001 with 1,000 people in Colorado who were seeing their primary care physician for general health issues, patients were asked to complete a five-minute questionnaire that [...]

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sam wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterAt major cancer centers across the country, patients are putting themselves in a better “position” to cope with their cancer.
Some of the biggest names in cancer care — M.D. Anderson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and Dana Farber among them — now offer their patients classes in yoga.
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nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterWomen who take controversial hormone replacement therapy drugs to combat symptoms of the menopause could be more likely to die if they develop lung cancer.
An eight-year study of 16,600 women found the disease was 71 per cent more likely to be fatal [...]

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sam wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterA committee of scientists led by Johns Hopkins investigators has published a new guide to the biology, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer in never-smokers, fortifying measures for what physicians have long known is a very different disease than in smokers.
“It is becoming increasingly clear [...]

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sam wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterCHICAGO (Reuters) – An Abbott Laboratories Inc unit that makes genetic tests will work with Pfizer Inc to develop a test to screen non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors to determine which patients are good candidates for a novel cancer therapy being developed by Pfizer.
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sam wrote an intriguing post today onHere’s a little tasterUK researchers who searched the DNA of over 5,000 smokers and non-smokers have found more evidence that inherited genes can increase a smoker’s risk of developing lung cancer and also decide the type of cancer that develops.
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Debi wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWhy are there no lapel ribbons for lung cancer? There simply aren’t enough survivors to amass a movement.
Every day, about 500 Americans are diagnosed with lung cancer. The disease surpassed breast cancer in 1985 as the largest killer of women.
With few early symptoms and no [...]

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nospam@example.com (Clear the Smoke) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCould you improve your chances of avoiding cancer if you ate the right foods?
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