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Low 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 China, where mean BMI is relatively low and lung cancer mortality is high despite (the fact) that few have smoked cigarettes persistently over the last few decades,” lead investigator Dr. Ling Yang from the University of Oxford, UK, told Reuters Health. “It has confirmed the fundamental importance of smoking as a major cause of lung cancer.”

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Christopher 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 the average smoker.

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A 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 collected information about lung cancer risk factors, including smoking, family history, exposure to chemicals and work environments.

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At 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.
In the past, physicians may have written off the complementary therapy as merely a trendy yuppie pastime. But today, researchers — mainly psychologists — are asking questions about the benefits of yoga in a variety of conditions, including cancer, asthma, sleep disorders, depression, and attention disorders.

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Women 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 in women taking HRT compared with those taking a placebo pill.

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A 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 that the genetic, cellular, and molecular nature of lung cancer in many never-smokers is different from that of smoking-related lung cancers, and there is good evidence now that the best treatment and prevention strategies for never-smokers may be different as well,” says Charles M. Rudin, M.D., Ph.D., associate director for Clinical Research at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Lung cancer in never-smokers is the sixth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S.

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CHICAGO (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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UK 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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Why 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 techniques for early detection, lung cancer is rarely caught before reaching stage 4. Five years after diagnosis, only 15 percent of lung cancer victims are still alive, a statistic that has been static for 40 years.
Also, there is a stigma attached, because lung cancer is seen as a smoker’s disease. On that point, it’s time for an update.
“Sixty percent of the newly diagnosed lung cancer cases are either people who never smoked or people who quit smoking decades ago,” says Bonnie Addario, a lung cancer survivor and founder of the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation, based in San Francisco.
“Very often, people with a chronic [...]

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Could you improve your chances of avoiding cancer if you ate the right foods?

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