LungBlog

Dr. Deborah Morosini, a contributing author to “Voices of Lung Cancer: The Healing Companion: Stories for Comfort, Courage and Strength,” will present a copy of the book to Gov. John Baldacci on Monday.

The book contains short stories written by lung cancer survivors and loved ones of those who died of lung cancer, along with shorter pieces written by doctors with advice for lung cancer patients and their families.

It is easy to blame secondhand smoke for just about everything when the answers are not known. After all, we know direct smoking is linked to lung cancer; therefore secondhand smoke is the next logical choice that the general public will readily recognize and believe.

Wisconsin residents are holding their breath for a smokefree state, part of a new campaign for a statewide ban.

At a press conference Thursday, a non-smoking lung cancer survivor shared her story. Heather Betsinger was only 30 years old when she was diagnosed with lung cancer back in 2006.

A blog entry by someone who wonders what about me?…

I recently received a forwarded video in my e-mail from a well-meaning relative, with this impassioned request:

My LADY FRIENDS…………PLS WATCH THIS VIDEO
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AS WOMAN
BREAST CANCER-RARELY HEARD OF !!!!!!!!!!!!
PLS PASS ON………………….PLS !!!!!!I watched the video – about inflammatory breast cancer – and agree that it is important information for women to have. But I felt like writing back, “What about me? I’m a woman and I’ve never smoked, but I have lung cancer.” I guess if anyone is going to bring lung cancer to the attention of the public, it will be those of us who are touched by it. There are two things that get in the way… the stigma of smoking, and the fact that there are so few lung cancer survivors. Read the rest of this entry »

When persistent free radicals are inhaled, they directly damage lung tissue in ways that researchers believe could lead to asthma, emphysema, lung cancer or other diseases. Strikingly, the free radicals found in air pollution are nearly identical to those in cigarette tar.

And now, Lin’s social media endeavor is taking off. CarolLinReporting.net has partnered with SRI International to develop TulaHealth, a provider of social media channels. TulaHealth’s first big project – to enable the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation to connect newly-diagnosed patients with cancer survivors and caregivers via messaging and video – is slated for an April launch.

All in all, it’s quite a mix of professional and personal developments for Lin. “I’m more than happy now,” she says. “I’m really at peace for the first time in my life.”

Dr. Thomas J. Lynch, one of the nation’s top lung cancer specialists, is leavingMassachusetts General Hospital to become director of the Yale Cancer Center, the New Haven hospital announced this afternoon.

PEMETREXED is used to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common type of lung cancer caused primarily from smoking and Mesothelioma, a cancer caused by Asbestos exposure. The brand Pemmet is an inclusion to company’s strong drug portfolio catering to lung cancer, which comprises of Geffy, Gemibine, Carbopa, Taxocare, and Cytax. Lung cancer, accounts for one third of all cancer deaths, cigarette smoking contributing nearly 85-90% of the total cancer deaths.

French biotech firm Transgene has narrowed down the search for a partner for its key experimental lung cancer vaccine to fewer than five big drug companies, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

At age 76, arthritis in her hands prevents Ginny Hibbard from knitting. But it hasn’t stopped her from crocheting and sewing hundreds of hats for people undergoing chemotherapy treatment.

Hibbard said she has made about 1,600 hats in the past six years. The hats are left in doctors’ offices, hospitals and cancer treatment facilities for people losing their hair because of chemotherapy.