October 25th, 2006
The stakes are high — lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in this country, killing more than 160,000 people a year, which is more than 95 percent of patients. And while the death rates for other cancers have fallen, the rate for lung cancer remains stubbornly high, possibly because the cancers are often caught too late. For years, doctors have thought there was very little they could do for lung cancer, but now with more sensitive scans for screening, many are rethinking that view.
October 25th, 2006
“No one deserves to have lung cancer“. A new national public service campaign, Code Blue for Lung Cancer, launches Nov. 1 for Lung Cancer Awareness Month. The partnership between the American Legacy Foundation® and the National Association of Broadcasters spreads the life-saving message that early detection, quitting smoking and the search for a cure can help make lung cancer history.
October 25th, 2006
Lung cancer can be detected at its very earliest stage in 85 percent of patients using annual low-dose CT screening, and when followed by prompt surgical removal, the 10-year survival rate is 92 percent. These results, to be reported in the October 26 New England Journal of Medicine, would dramatically decrease the number of deaths from lung cancer — the number one cause of cancer deaths among both men and women in the U.S.
October 25th, 2006
EntreMed, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ENMD), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing
therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, today
announced commencement of a multi-center study with its drug candidate,
MKC-1, in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.
October 24th, 2006
Michael Cayse, a 23-year-old recent UK graduate from Northern Kentucky, lost his father to lung cancer when he was 16. Sydney Mitchell, a 62-year-old Lexington resident, smoked for 40 years before being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2001 and having two lobes of her right lung removed. Yesterday, both were part of a standing-room-only crowd of about 200 on hand as the President’s Cancer Panel visited Kentucky — to talk about tobacco.
October 23rd, 2006
Sandy West, whose ferocious drumming fueled the influential all-female ’70s rock band the Runaways, has died of lung cancer. She was 47.
October 23rd, 2006
Your genes can help predict your risk for cancer and now scientists are using genes taken from a patient’s cancer cells to predict which drugs will be most effective in attacking their disease.
October 22nd, 2006
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 THE BONNIE J. ADDARIO A BREATH AWAY FROM THE CURE LUNG CANCER FOUNDATION presents Simply the Best Dinner Gala at San Francisco’s City Hall with Cheryl Jennings hosting the evening. The evening program will open with very special guest star and new spokesperson, Nancy Lee Grahn, who plays Alexis Davis on ABC-TV’s General Hospital. ABAFTC Foundation raises awareness and funds to eradicate lung cancer through research, screening, education, prevention and treatment. November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Honorary Co-Chair Mayor Gavin Newsom has proclaimed November 9th as Lung Cancer Awareness day. |
October 22nd, 2006
The Chicago conference–co-chaired by University of Chicago cancer specialists Hedy Kindler, M.D., associate professor of medicine, and Samuel Armato, M.D., associate professor of radiology–brings together the leading experts from five continents to discuss all aspects of the disease, including epidemiology, pathogenesis, biomarkers, genetics, animal models, risk assessment, diagnosis, imaging, multimodality therapy, and novel treatments.
October 21st, 2006
A relatively new manner of performing resections for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is easier for sicker patients to tolerate and leads to fewer postoperative complications than traditional surgery, according to a study presented at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress.
