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Researchers Revisit Radiation After Lung Cancer Surgery

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HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 14 (HealthDay News) -- Radiation therapy after surgery may need to be reconsidered as a treatment option for certain types of lung cancer, a new study suggests.

Green tea may help explain "Asian paradox"

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Reuters - While smoking is a well-known cause of heart disease and lung cancer, the rates of these diseases have remained inexplicably low in Asian countries where smoking is common. But researchers say there is growing evidence that green tea is one piece of the puzzle.

Genentech, OSI say drug combo prolongs survival

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Reuters - A mid-stage trial suggests that a combination of cancer drugs Avastin and Tarceva can prolong survival in patients with advanced lung cancer, compared with chemotherapy alone, drug makers Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals said on Monday

Glaxo says lung cancer vaccine study encouraging

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Reuters - An experimental GlaxoSmithKline Plc vaccine showed promise in a mid-stage trial for preventing a recurrence of lung cancer and will be tested in larger studies starting early in 2007, the company said on Sunday.

Onyx, Bayer face Pfizer in cancer drug wars

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Reuters - A kidney cancer drug made by Bayer AG and Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. showed promise in a small lung cancer trial, according to data released on Sunday, further fueling competition with a drug from Pfizer Inc.

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	Health Links Trade links		Chemo Helps Elderly Lung Cancer Patients, Too YAHOO HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Don't ignore the elderly when it comes to giving chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery, new research suggests. Sources: YAHOO Lung Cancer Patients Less Likely to See Specialists YAHOO HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Primary-care physicians tend to send lung cancer patients to specialists less often than they do breast cancer patients, and those same doctors are less likely to think chemotherapy helps lung cancer patients live longer when compared to breast cancer patients. Sources: YAHOO Lung Cancer Patients Less Likely to See Specialists YAHOO HealthDay - SATURDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Primary-care physicians tend to send lung cancer patients to specialists less often than they do breast cancer patients, and those same doctors are less likely to think chemotherapy helps lung cancer patients live longer when compared to breast cancer patients. Sources: YAHOO Chemo Helps Elderly Lung Cancer Patients, Too YAHOO HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Don't ignore the elderly when it comes to giving chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery, new research suggests. Sources: YAHOO Chemo Helps Elderly Lung Cancer Patients, Too YAHOO HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Don't ignore the elderly when it comes to giving chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery, new research suggests. Sources: YAHOO Pain drug enhances lung cancer therapy: study YAHOO Reuters - Adding a prescription arthritis drug to a targeted cancer therapy triples the number of lung cancer patients who are helped, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. Sources: YAHOO Gender differences in lung cancer studied YAHOO AP - Lung cancer acts differently in women than in men, and major new studies are exploring if estrogen is a key reason — and whether harnessing the hormone might help fight the No. 1 cancer killer. Sources: YAHOO Heavy Pot Smoking Doesn't Increase Lung Cancer Risk: Study YAHOO HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, May 24 (HealthDay News) -- A U.S. study concludes there is no link between smoking marijuana and increased risk of lung cancer -- even among heavy, long-term users. Sources: YAHOO Study Sees No Link Between Marijuana And Lung Cancer AHN Marijuana smoking does not increase a person's risk of developing lung cancer, according to the findings of a new study at the University of California Los Angeles that surprised even the researchers. They had expected to find that a... Sources: AHN Study finds no marijuana link to lung cancer YAHOO Reuters - Marijuana smoking does not increase a person's risk of developing lung cancer, according to the findings of a new study at the University of California Los Angeles that surprised even the researchers. Sources: YAHOO Canadian anti-smoking crusader dies of lung cancer YAHOO AFP - A waitress in Canada who became a famous anti-smoking advocate, describing on television how she got lung cancer from second-hand smoke at work, died of the disease, according to her friends. Sources: YAHOO Nonsmoking Men, Women Face Same Lung Cancer Death Risk YAHOO HealthDay - TUESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- The death from lung cancer earlier this year of Dana Reeve, widow of actor Christopher Reeve, brought the plight of nonsmokers who get the killer disease into public view. Sources: YAHOO Conventional Cancer Beliefs May Be Wrong YAHOO AP - Lung cancer isn't common in people who never smoked. But when they do get it, doctors have long thought women were more likely to die than men. New research suggests the opposite. Sources: YAHOO Non-smoking Men Have Higher Cancer Death Rate AHN New research suggests that non-smoking men contracting lung cancer have higher death rates than women. Basing it on the records of nearly 1 million people, American Cancer Society researchers reported that men who never used... Sources: AHN Lung cancer no more fatal to women non-smokers YAHOO Reuters - Women who have never smoked are no more likely to die from lung cancer than male non-smokers -- despite conventional wisdom otherwise, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. Sources: YAHOO Conventional Cancer Beliefs May Be Wrong YAHOO AP - Lung cancer isn't common in people who never smoked. But when they do get it, doctors have long thought women were more likely to die than men. New research suggests the opposite. Sources: YAHOO Cancer number one killer of Dutch men YAHOO AFP - Cancer and heart disease remained the chief causes of death in the Netherlands last year, with the Dutch Statistics Office warning that more women were likely to die of lung cancer from 2007. Sources: YAHOO Infants Exposed to Smoking at Risk of Lung Cancer YAHOO HealthDay - FRIDAY, May 12 (HealthDay News) -- New parents who smoke are putting their infants in danger because secondhand smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals, a new study found. Sources: YAHOO Lung Cancer May Differ by Gender YAHOO HealthDay - THURSDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- Women may experience lung cancer in ways that differ from men, a new study finds. Sources: YAHOO Positive CT scan for lung cancer may resolve YAHOO Reuters - Many positive CT scans for lung cancer screening resolve after short-term follow-up, doctors have observed. Sources: YAHOO		Other aggregators

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