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The person only person I knew with brain cancer before I had brain cancer by Liz B. Posted Sat 13 Feb 2010 12:00am , finally succumbing to brain and spinal cancer. When I found out this morning, I was numb. I got in the shower and cried. Crying in the shower is probably one of the loneliest... coffee in the last few months of his cancer - I guess caffeine gave him scary visions of monsters. I want to drink coffee, and play the concertina. I was at Lon's house on Saturday Read on »

Lung cancer trial results show mortality benefit with low-dose CT:Twenty percent fewer lung cancer deaths seen among those who w by Cancer.gov Posted Thu 04 Nov 2010 12:00am ... Read on »

Lung Cancer Alliance-Georgia Hails Senate Leadership on Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009 by Health: Hearsay & Headlines Posted Mon 07 Dec 2009 12:00am /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lung Cancer Alliance-Georgia (LCA-GA) acknowledged Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) for their leadership and support in establishing the first ever multi-agency, comprehensive program targeted at lung cancer. Entitled Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009, S.332 authorizes a five year program Read on »

Lung cancer trial results show mortality benefit with low-dose CT:Twenty percent fewer lung cancer deaths seen among those who w by Cancer.gov Posted Wed 03 Nov 2010 9:00pm Lung cancer trial results show mortality benefit with low-dose CT: Twenty percent fewer lung cancer deaths seen among those who were screened with low-dose spiral CT than with chest X-ray The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is today releasing initial results from a large-scale test of screening methods to reduce deaths from lung Read on »

Novel Lung Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise In Fighting Early-Stage Lung Cancer by COPDsurvivor Patient Expert

Posted Thu 23 Apr 2009 5:25pm cells without harming normal cells. Rush is one of only five hospitals in Illinois offering the vaccine. The MAGRIT (MAGE-A3 as Adjuvant Non-Small Cell LunG Cancer Immunotherapy) study is a randomized, double-blind and placebo controlled trial that will enroll patients with MAGE A-3-positive, non-small-cell lung cancers. The experimental vaccine targets Read on »

Lung Cancer: Still the Biggest Cancer Killer, by Far by Invisalign topdentist Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:04pm five years of diagnosis. And nine out of 10 cases of the disease are tied to a single behavior — smoking. Lung cancer killed 160,390 people in 2007, according to the Lung.... Researchers are trying to find better ways to detect lung cancer and to find genetic warning signs, or markers, that could predict who might be at increased risk. But doctors say anti Read on »

Experimental Drug Makes Lung Cancer Tumor Shrink In 90% Of Patients by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Sun 06 Jun 2010 8:48am news anyway - a 90% rate surprised everybody. The 80 patients involved in the trial had advanced lung cancer, in a number of cases the cancer had already spread to the brain... Medical News Today An extremely promising experimental drug, called crizotinib for lung cancer patients with a specific gene has shrunk tumors in 90 Read on »

New Drug Shows Promise Against Certain Lung Cancers by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Thu 28 Oct 2010 2:11pm . In one study, researchers identified 82 patients from among 1,500 patients with non-small-cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung malignancy, whose tumors had a mutation... HealthDay News An experimental cancer drug is proving effective in treating the lung cancers of some patients whose tumors carry a certain genetic Read on »

Avastin Largely Safe for Patients With Type of Advanced Lung Cancer by HealthFinder Posted Tue 20 Jul 2010 10:00am treatment. The drug is also approved for lung, colon, brain and kidney cancer. More information For more information on lung cancer, visit the U.S. National Cancer Institute... of the most common lung cancers, researchers report. Previously it had been thought that this combination might have serious adverse side effects, including life-threatening bleeding Read on »

Avastin Largely Safe for Patients with Type of Advanced Lung Cancer by Medline Plus Posted Tue 20 Jul 2010 11:00am on the Roche drug, the Associated Press said. It's possible the FDA will withdraw approval of Avastin as a breast cancer treatment. The drug is also approved for lung, colon, brain... News) -- The cancer drug Avastin, when used in combination with standard chemotherapy, is safe and can effectively treat an advanced form of one of the most common lung cancers Read on »