AP - Lung cancer victim Lovelle Svart has not yet acquired the drugs that would enable her to take her own life. But she says it is a comfort to know she will be able to do so when the time comes.

Reuters - A Duke physician is hoping that coping with a loved one's lung cancer will offer a "teachable moment" that helps smokers quit for good.

Reuters - In people at high risk for lung cancer, low-dose CT scanning of the chest may detect early lung cancer, researchers report. However, "its usefulness as a screening tool is limited" because it misses tumors in certain areas of the lung and often falsely identifies harmless spots as being cancerous.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Current and former smokers who have a strong family history of lung cancer should take a lung function test and undergo screening with spiral computed tomography, says an article in the current issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Current and former smokers who have a strong family history of lung cancer should take a lung function test and undergo screening with spiral computed tomography, says an article in the current issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Reuters - New research suggests that genetics may make people susceptible to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and reduced lung function. If so, then a family history of these disorders should place individuals in the high-risk category.