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Lung Cancer Facts

Stimuvax cancer vaccine goes to Phase III trial

June 22, 2009
Drugmaker Merck says their experimental vaccine Stimuvax has started a Phase III clinical trial for breast cancer and lung cancer. The drug has been shown to help prime a patient's immune system to recognize and kill cancer cells. The newest study will be conducted on patients who have advanced, inoperable breast cancer, and patients who have advanced, inoperable lung cancer, researchers say.  Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Thanks and Good-Bye, Leroy Sievers
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...diagnosed with colon cancer in 2001, then with brain and lung cancer in 2005. He did a ton of... Read more »

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The Comeback Kid and Beating Cancer
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...Christmas, the news changed. Kim had cancer. Bad cancer. Lung cancer that had spread to her... Read more »

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Breast Cancer Survivors’ (Funding) Guilt?
By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

...last time you heard about an entire month devoted to lung cancer? How about a walk to cure... Read more »

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Meet Adam Frey: How I got here, part I
By Adam Frey , Health Expert

Hello, I hope to share with you all the story that plunged me first into a tree, an emergency... Read more »

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Paul Newman Dies of Lung Cancer
By Anne Mitchell , Health Expert

Paul Newman died of lung cancer on Friday, September 26th, at age 83. His career as a movie star,... Read more »

Health Guide

Lung cancer: small cell
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a fast-growing type of lung cancer. It tends to spread much more quickly than non-small cell lung cancer. There are three different types of... Read more »
Lung cancer: small cell
Cancer - lung - small cell; Small cell lung cancer; SCLC Prevention If you smoke, stop smoking. It's never too early to quit. Try to avoid secondhand smoke. ... Read more »
Lung cancer: non-small cell
Cancer - lung - non-small cell; Non-small cell lung cancer; NSCLC Prevention If you smoke, stop smoking. It's never too early to quit. Try to avoid... Read more »
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Introduction
Although lung cancer accounts for only 13% of all cancers, it is among the most lethal, accounting for over 28% of all cancer deaths. It is more deadly than colon, breast, and prostate... Read more »

Medications

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...receiving higher doses, and patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have received certain... Read more »

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