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Point Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: POTP) announced today that talabostat’s Phase 2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) program and dual mechanism of action was presented on Saturday, September 16, 2006 at the 14th International Conference on Gene Therapy of Cancer in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Casey Cunningham, an oncologist at Mary Crowley Research Center in Dallas, Texas and a member of Point’s Clinical Advisory Board, presented a summary of the Phase 2 NSCLC trial results. Dr. Barry Jones, Point’s Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, presented an overview of talabostat’s novel dual mechanism of action, emphasizing the pathway of immune stimulation.

A letter to an editor from someone else who is appalled at the lack of funding for Lung Cancer.

Antisoma PLC said its AS1404 agent, in combination with ImClone Systems Incorporated’s Erbitux anti-cancer drug, produces a reduction in the growth of lung cancer xenografts.

People are often puzzled when a nonsmoker develops lung cancer. Some of these cases may be due to exposure to radon gases. In other cases second-hand smoke or exposure to chemicals could be the cause.In an interesting development, word has come from researchers in Hong Kong, who have been studying the habits of a large number of Chinese women who were nonsmokers, but who nevertheless developed lung cancer. After eliminating a variety of factors, one commonality which stood out was that these women had all spent considerable time deep-fat frying.

Inhaling metal particles from air pollution may lead to the development of lung cancer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

Brain tumors, ovarian cancer and lung cancer will be the first subjects in an ambitious project to sequence all the genetic changes that lead to cancer, the National Institutes of Health said on Wednesday.

The Bonnie J. Addario A Breath Away From The Cure Foundation is honoring Senator Chuck Hagel for his unprecedented work in eradicating lung cancer on November 9th at our Simply the Best Dinner Gala at San Francisco City Hall. Senator Hagel is making great strides for our cause and we applaud him. Here is a letter he has written to the NCI that we would like to share with you.

The death of Dana Reeve, Christopher Reeve’s widow, from lung cancer has focused attention on the disease she was diagnosed with less than a year ago. Reeve, like 15 percent of people diagnosed with lung cancer, was a nonsmoker. But the usual assumption that victims somehow “asked for it” by smoking has created an unfair stigma, says Lori Hope, a lung cancer survivor and author of Help Me Live: 20 Things People With Cancer Want You to Know. She spoke with Katherine Hobson about her experiences.

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Learn more about Lori Hope (a very inspiring woman)

Lung cancer is a formidable disease. It is invariably difficult to find early when it is most amenable to treatment. As a result, it remains the top cancer killer in the nation. a new test for the early detection of lung cancer that involves measuring levels of a certain protein may provide hope for thousands worldwide. While the findings are preliminary and involve a small group of subjects, the researchers see their early results as extremely promising.

HIV-positive individuals have lung cancer diagnosed at a later stage, and therefore shorter survival than HIV-negative patients with lung cancer, US investigators have established in a study published in the September edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Possible reasons for delayed diagnosis identified by the researchers were an over-reliance on chest X-rays by doctors and a lack of suspicion of lung cancer.