LungBlog

A common genetic variant increases the risk of lung cancer, even in nonsmokers, researchers report.The findings — that certain forms of the alpha1-antitrypsin gene double someones risk of developing lung cancer, regardless of whether he or she ever smoked — could help explain why some nonsmokers develop the disease, said study author Dr. Ping Yang, of the Mayo Clinic.

In Delaware, 77 people out of every 100,000 have lung cancer. But in the Indian River area of Sussex County, 104 people out of every 100,000 have lung cancer.

The Democratic congressman’s sister, Kara Kennedy, beat inoperable lung cancer. His mother, Joan B. Kennedy, was treated for breast cancer in 2005. His brother, Edward Kennedy Jr., lost a leg to bone cancer in 1973 when he was 12 years old. Even Patrick Kennedy himself had a brush with mortality when he had a noncancerous tumor removed from his spine in 1988.

People with a common genetic disorder may be at increased risk of developing lung cancer from exposure to tobacco smoke, a study found.Carriers of the genetic mutation, called alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency, had a 70 to 100 percent increased risk, according to the study released today by the Archives of Internal Medicine.

From all the pink ribbons, you might think breast cancer is the cancer that most affects women.

But it’s really lung cancer.

In fact, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women.

And lung cancer kills as many women each year as breast cancer and all gynecological cancers combined.

After taking into account other risk factors, such as smoking and diet, the researchers found that men with a history of gum disease had a 14 percent higher risk of developing cancer compared with men did not have a history of the condition.

While the overall risk was 14 percent, the risk for specific cancers was typically higher. Compared to men with healthy gums, men with a history of gum disease had a 36 percent increased risk of lung cancer, a 49 percent hike in risk of kidney cancer, a 54 percent higher risk of pancreatic cancer, and a 30 percent increased risk of white blood cell cancers.

Report Buyer, the online destination for business intelligence for major industry sectors, has added a new report showing that until superior therapeutic treatments are developed to prevent, treat and cure cancer, the best means of reducing mortality and morbidity in a disease this complex is early detection and diagnosis.

“Biomarker Technology Platforms for Cancer Diagnoses and Therapies” reports that in the major solid cancer types such as lung, breast, colon and prostate, long-term survival rates drop precipitously once metastatis has occurred.

The report shows that the case is clear for development of biomarkers for early detection and screening tests for diseases such as breast, colon, ovarian and lung cancer. In addition, diagnostic measurement of cancer disease progression is essential to successful disease management. For these reasons, development of new and effective biomarkers for cancer detection and diagnosis is central to the cancer problem

A High Court Judgement has drawn a link between asbestos and lung cancer after finding in favour of a claimant who was negligently exposed to asbestos throughout his adult life.

On stage in Minneapolis, Minnesota Sunday evening, Aesop Rock announced that emcee Camu Tao had died after nearly a two-year bout with lung cancer. The Columbus, Ohio native born Tero Smith, was just less than two weeks away from his 31st birthday. He reportedly passed in his hometown.

A new study conducted by Mayo Clinic researchers has revealed that the risk of developing lung cancer becomes twofold for people, smokers as well as non-smokers, if they carry a common genetic disorder.