LungBlog

Smoking marijuana can cause changes in lung tissue that may promote cancer, according to a review of decades of research on marijuana smoking and lung cancer.  Still, it is not possible to directly link pot use to lung cancer based on existing evidence.

A study in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology shows that a test for detecting lung cancer being co-developed by 20/20 GeneSystems may prove more effective than current methods.

Other articles addressing this finding can be found here and here.

Many people still think of lung cancer as man’s disease, but earlier this week, a new study revealed that women who smoke are more likely to develop lung cancer than their male counterparts.

All About Malignant Mesothelioma, an online resource for information about mesothelioma causes, symptoms and treatments, has recently published a revised section on mesothelioma drug treatments.

Statins reverse doxorubicin resistance in human malignant mesothelioma cells in culture, a finding that may lead to new clinical strategies to improve doxorubicin efficacy in this hard to treat cancer.

The Surgeon General’s report calls for more aggressive action to support early detection and treatment of lung cancer. This is needed because lung cancer kills more people annually than breast, prostate, colon, liver, melanoma and kidney cancers combined; and the least amount of federal money is allocated to research to lung cancer than all of the above.

MedPanel, a leader in online medical market intelligence, announces the launch of Profiles in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer — United States & Europe, the final release in its 2005-2006 Profiles in Oncology series.

Female smokers over 40 are almost twice as likely to develop lung cancer as their male counterparts, according to a new study.

A BREAKTHROUGH in lung cancer research could make chemotherapy more effective.  Scientists say it may be possible to reverse drug-resistance in tumours.

A more detailed article on this same subject can be found here.

The National Cancer Institute has awarded one of the largest lung cancer research grants in the United States to Emory University’s Winship Cancer Institute. Federal funding for the grant is $7.9 million.