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STS: Smoking Complicates But Should Not Delay Lung Cancer Surgery
1/29/2009
SAN FRANCISCO -- Lung cancer patients who smoke have a higher risk of dying during pulmonary resection and are more likely to develop postoperative complications, but surgery should proceed without delay, a researcher said here.

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STS: Lung Cancer Survival Best When Thoracic Surgeon Wields Scalpel
1/27/2009
SAN FRANCISCO -- Lung cancer patients with resectable lesions had an 11% lower 5-year mortality risk when the surgery was performed by a general thoracic surgeon, researchers said here.

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Smoking Exacts a Heavier Toll Than Previously Expected
1/22/2009
DAVIS, Calif. -- Exposure to tobacco smoke may be causing a greater proportion of cancer deaths than previous estimates would indicate, researchers here said.

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With Impunity, Blacks More Likely to Say No to Lung Cancer Surgery
1/19/2009
SEATTLE -- Blacks with operable lung cancer were more likely than whites with the same condition to reject surgery, but there was no significant difference in outcomes between the groups, researchers here reported after a study of 10 years of data.
Silencing of a Single Gene May Trigger Lung Cancer
1/5/2009
LYON, France -- Cigarette smokers' susceptibility to lung cancer may be traceable to the silencing of a single gene, results of an international study suggest.

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Nutritional Supplements Again Fail to Cut Risk of Cancer
12/30/2008
BOSTON -- Vitamins C and E and beta-carotene struck out once more in the primary prevention of cancer, a randomized controlled trial found.
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Economic Cost of Cancer Deaths Is High
12/11/2008
BETHESDA, Md. -- No matter how it's measured, the economic cost of cancer is in the hundreds of billions of dollars a year, and growing, researchers said.

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New Cancer Cases and Overall Disease Mortality Rates Decline
11/25/2008
ATLANTA -- Both cancer incidence and overall death rates are edging down in the U.S., driven largely by declines in some of the most common malignancies, according to an annual national report.
Gefitinib Edges Chemotherapy for Advanced NSCLC
11/20/2008
HOUSTON -- For second-line treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), oral gefitinib (Iressa) may be as effective as standard chemotherapy, researchers found.

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AACR: Broccoli May Help Prevent Lung Cancer in Smokers
11/19/2008
WASHINGTON -- Among current and former smokers, consuming broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may reduce the risk of developing lung cancer, a case-control study showed.

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CTS: Sequential Erlotinib Therapy Influences Progression-Free Survival in NSCLC
11/19/2008
CHICAGO -- Progression-free survival among non-small-cell lung cancer patients improved if they were treated with erlotinib (Tarceva) in a sequential treatment strategy as opposed to use of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor as a second-line therapy.

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CTS: Women Outlive Men During Lung Cancer Trials
11/18/2008
CHICAGO -- Men involved in clinical studies of inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer appear to be at a 23% greater risk of mortality during a trial than comparable women, researchers said here.











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