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Nearly 6 Percent Of Lung Cancer Tissue Samples From Non-Smokers Show Signs That HPV May Have Triggered The Tumors

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Article Date: 12 Apr 2013 – 1:00 PDT Source: Medical News Today A common virus known to cause cervical and head and neck cancers may also trigger some cases of lung cancer, according to new research presented by Fox Chase Cancer Center at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013. Examining tissue samples from lung cancer [...]

HPV linked to certain lung cancers; is oral sex to blame?

Thursday, April 11, 2013

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Source: www.medicaldaily.com Author: Jonathan Weiss By now, it’s a given that smoking causes lung cancer. The American Lung Association reports that 80 to 90 percent of all cases of lung cancer are smoking-related. The remaining 10 to 20 percent, though, has been more of a mystery — until now. A new line of research has [...]

$27 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Cancer Victim

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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Source: JDsupra.com A Florida man was awarded $27 million in compensatory and punitive damages against tobacco company R.J. Reynolds last month after doctors told him that 44 years of smoking caused his lung cancer. Plaintiff had lung removed due to cigarette addiction Thousands of lawsuits pending against big tobacco companies First payouts by big tobacco [...]

Declines in Smoking and Lung Cancer Mortality in the U.S.: 1975–2000

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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Source: Oxford Journals Although changing smoking behaviors have had a major impact on lung cancer mortality in the U.S., the numbers of lung cancer deaths averted are only a small fraction of deaths that could have been avoided had all smoking ceased following the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report. Further efforts to control tobacco use are [...]

The 795 Thousand and Ending a Century of Tobacco

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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Source: Oxford Journals Tonight, a grandfather will read his grandson a soothing bedtime story. Yesterday, a mother saw her son perform a brilliant violin solo. Tomorrow, a grandfather will see his granddaughter complete the first unassisted triple play in their community’s t-ball league history. What do these vignettes have in common? They represent just three [...]

Nearly 800,000 Deaths Prevented Due to Declines in Smoking

Monday, March 19, 2012

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Source: National Cancer Institute Twentieth-century tobacco control programs and policies were responsible for preventing more than 795,000 lung cancer deaths in the United States from 1975 through 2000, according to an analysis funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health. If all cigarette smoking in this country had ceased [...]

Cancer Patients Who Smoke Report Worse Pain, Symptoms

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

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Source: MedScapeToday.com February 24, 2012 (Palm Springs, California) — Cancer patients who smoke experience more severe symptoms than nonsmoking cancer patients and are also at greater risk of misusing opioids, a new study shows. “Our findings show a profile of higher levels of physical symptoms (pain, fatigue, poor appetite, and insomnia) and psychological symptoms (depression [...]

Which Cancers Are Increasing Among Older Adults?

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

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Source: AARP Cancers of the mouth and throat related to oral sex, as well as thyroid, liver and skin cancers are on the rise among older adults, according to new stats released last week from the American Cancer Society. There was some good news, however. The death rate is down for the well-known major cancers. The society’s [...]

New Study Indicates Tobacco Industry Was Aware of Their Own Products Dangers

Thursday, September 29, 2011

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Source: USA Today Tobacco companies knew for decades that cigarette smoke was radioactive and potentially carcinogenic but kept that information from the public, according to a new study. The tobacco industry began investigations into the possible effects of these radioactive particles, identified as polonium-210, on smokers as early as the 1960s, says the study by UCLA [...]

New Study for Cancer Patients to Help Improve the Body’s Ability to Fight Illness

Thursday, August 25, 2011

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Source: Sign On San Diego A Santa Monica research center will test an experimental therapeutic filtering device being developed by Aethlon Medical on blood taken from cancer patients, the San Diego company said Wednesday. The study will target exosomes, bubbles of protein and RNA molecules excreted by cancerous cells that can block immune system cells [...]

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