TINY hi-tech carbon fibres used in products ranging from sporting equipment to new drugs could be the new asbestos, scientists fear.

Some carbon nanotubes have been found to behave like asbestos, raising fears they could cause the deadly lung cancer mesothelioma.

The society says studies have linked pesticide exposure to several types of cancer, including leukemia, lung cancer, brain cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and pancreatic cancer.

Say “Go fly a kite” in Southampton, and you’re likely to get a friendly response.

Some 500 families are expected to do that very thing tomorrow on Southampton’s Coopers Beach. It’s the second annual mass kite fly hosted by Joan’s Legacy: United Against Lung Cancer.

Cathy Rose,  a mother of three,  says she went to the doctor for a cough and later learned she had lung cancer.

This spring, Eisenhower Medical Center became the only hospital in Southern California, and one of only three locations in California, to offer superDimension’s inReach system, providing the possibility to detect lung cancer early, even before symptoms are evident, and enhancing treatment options for patients.

A minimally invasive procedure, the inReach system allows a pulmonologist (or lung specialist) to take tissue samples in regions of the lungs not accessible with conventional bronchoscopy – a medical procedure in which the physician views a patient’s airways through the nose or mouth with the aid of a bronchoscope (a long, thin lighted tube). Traditionally, physicians relied on a needle biopsy or surgery to take tissue samples from these regions. Now, using inReach’s electromagnetic navigation system, in conjunction with the bronchoscope, the physician can navigate more precisely through a patient’s airways to the lungs without the risks associated with surgery.

According to a new report baseline CT screening could prove beneficial and effective in the detection of lung cancer among people that have a history of being exposed to asbestos, which is a potentially deadly substance and a known carcinogenic. Researchers state that this method of screening could benefit those at high risk of developing lung cancer or mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure.

Carter White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan died yesterday. He wrote about his battle with cancer for The Post’s Outlook section on Jan. 26, 1986.

The study in mice showed that long carbon nanotubes could cause inflammation of the membrane which surrounds organs (the mesothelium), and this is similar to what is seen with certain types of asbestos. With blue and brown asbestos, inflammation of the mesothelium of the lungs can lead to the development of a rare lung cancer (mesothelioma); however, the mice in this study were not studied for long enough to see if they developed cancer. Carbon nanotubes that are embedded in other materials, like those in tennis rackets, car body panels and bike frames, are thought to be relatively harmless, but the researchers suggest that further studies are needed to confirm this.

New research suggests that a mechanical ventilator can ease suffering and help lung cancer patients avoid sedation at the end of life.  A large percentage of these patients didn’t want to have anything to do with a ventilator, which requires them to wear an oxygen mask. But those who were willing to try the treatment needed less morphine and had fewer symptoms in their final hours.