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Süter, 57, had been fighting lung cancer for over two years. “All possible treatment methods had been exhausted,” Professor Adnan Aydıner from the Çapa School of Medicine Oncology Department said. “He had not been responding to treatment for the past three months,” Aydıner explained. Funeral services for Süter will be held tomorrow since his family agreed to requests for a one-day delay from many parliamentary deputies who were worried they would miss Süter’s funeral because of today’s presidential election.

ONLY half of Australians suffering from the fatal asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma are getting easy access to the sole drug which can help relieve their pain, a new report shows.

Research and Markets  has announced the addition of Triple Analysis: Apoptosis Agents, Protein Kinase Inhibitors and Anti-Angiogenic Agents in Oncology to their offering.

Metabolic Research, Inc. announced today that an animal study conducted in cooperation with Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Cranbury, NJ, confirmed that “ABL-SA” protein found in a Brazilian mushroom (a key component in Metabolic Research’s Polimmune ™ supplement) is effective in avidly binding to particularly aggressive lung cancer cells called H460, in mice.

The preventive effect of apples is not, however, limited to digestive tract cancers. A study conducted among 125,000 Americans showed people who regularly consumed one apple a day had 20 per cent less chances of developing lung cancer. A similar protection has also been observed in Finland.

Doctors gave him six months to live on April Fool’s Day.

This was no bad joke. Lung cancer had spread throughout S.W. Bardwell’s body. When he told his doctors he at least wanted to make it through Thanksgiving so he could enjoy one last family gathering, they shook their heads and offered no encouragement.

Ask the Presidential candidates what they will do to stop the lung cancer epidemic. Your questions may be answered during the upcoming MSNBC and Lance Armstrong Foundation Presidential Cancer Forum on August 28 and 29th. To submit a question click here. If enough of us ask, they have to answer!

The Livestrong foundation is sponsoring presidential cancer forums next week in Iowa in an effort to make cancer research a priority for the next president.

Former Kentucky Supreme Court Justice William McAnulty died Thursday night after fighting lung cancer that had spread to his brain.

McAnulty, 59, was the first African-American to serve on Kentucky’s Supreme Court, representing Jefferson County. Gov. Ernie Fletcher appointed McAnulty to fill a vacancy created when Justice Martin Johnstone retired in June 2006, and then he was elected to the high court the following November. McAnulty resigned his position earlier this month, and during his 30-plus year career, had served at every level of the state court system.

Sue Trenary is looking to help a woman who has helped her throughout her entire life — her mother, Velma Ingram.Trenary has enlisted the help of local musician Mike Robinson to host a benefit for Ingram, who has lung cancer, Aug. 30 at Choppers Roadhouse.