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Paul Newman Dies of Lung Cancer
By Anne Mitchell , Health ExpertPaul Newman died of lung cancer on Friday, September 26th, at age 83. His career as a movie star,... Read more »
Historic reversal of life expectancy among women
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert...factors such as smoking, obesity, and lack of exercise. Lung cancer is the leading cause of... Read more »
10 Ways to Think Pink All Year Long
By PJ Hamel , Health ExpertBreast Cancer Awareness Month is just about over, and this October seemed quite subdued compared to... Read more »
Smoking Causes Sleep Deprivation
By Florence Cardinal , Health Expert...smoking. Yet he still clung to the villain that was killing him. The author of the study on... Read more »
Thoughts on Why We Smoke and What it Takes to Quit
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert...at a younger age, when lungs are still maturing, lung cancers are also appearing earlier. The... Read more »
Health Guide
Lung cancer: non-small cell
Cancer - lung - non-small cell; Non-small cell lung cancer; NSCLC Treatment There are many different types of treatment for non-small cell lung cancer: ... Read more »Lung cancer: small cell
... Because small cell lung cancer spreads quickly throughout the body, treatment must include cancer-killing drugs (chemotherapy) taken by mouth or injected into the body. Chemotherapy may be... Read more »Types of Breast Cancer: Recurrent Breast Cancer
...in your bones, liver, lungs and, less commonly, brain. You don’t have bone cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer or brain cancer; you still have breast cancer, but in a new location. This is called... Read more »Cancer treatment information
... Kidney cancer Leukemia Liver cancer Lung cancer Lymphoma Oral cancer (includes mouth cancer) ... Read more »Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Chemotherapy Treatments
...suggest that they can be reduced by giving the drugs for shorter durations, without loss of cancer-killing effects. Common side effects include the following:DiarrheaTemporary hair lossWeight... Read more »
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Finding the Best Chemo
December 25, 2006DURHAM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Lung cancer kills more people each year than breast, ovarian, prostate and colon cancer combined. If you... Read summary »
Device Tracks Progress of Lung Cancer
July 11, 2008By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Better treatment may be on the horizon for lung cancer... Read summary »
Study Sheds New Light on Lung Cancer
October 29, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The findings of a multi-institution team of researchers give key insight into genetic changes that take place in the most... Read summary »
Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
July 16, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) About 15 percent of people with lung cancers have never smoked. A new study finds the cause could be linked to cells that cannot... Read summary »
Lung Cancer Takes Non-Smokers Lives
September 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- If you've never picked up a cigarette, you probably haven't worried about lung cancer -- but new research suggests even... Read summary »
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