Lung Cancer news

Researchers surprised to find no link between marijuana, lung cancer

The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not…    

Passive Smoke in Workplace Increases Lung Cancer Risk

An analysis of nearly two dozen studies confirms the association between passive smoke in the workplace and an…    

Dual Gene Therapy Suppresses Lung Cancer in Preclinical Test

Combination gene therapy delivered in lipid - based nanoparticles drastically reduces the number and size of human non…    

Lung cancer patients need help to quit smoking

Many lung cancer patients who smoke will pick up the habit again after treatment, usually within the first…    

Exercise Can Reduce a Smoker’s Lung Cancer Risk, but Quitting Still Most Important

In a study of more than 36,000 women, researchers observed that smokers can reduce their risk of developing…    

Gene Expression Profiling Not Quite Perfected in Predicting Lung Cancer Prognosis

While there have been significant advances in the use of gene expression profiling to assess a cancer prognosis,…    

Vaccination with embryonic stem cells prevents lung cancer in mice

Researchers in America have discovered that vaccinating mice with embryonic stem cells prevented lung cancer in those animals…    

Women Catching Up to Men in Lung Cancer Deaths

Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer-related killer in the United States. And while men are more likely…    

New test predicts if lung cancer will spread

Researchers say they have developed a test that can predict with near certainty whether the most common form…    

Radiation-Armed Robot Rapidly Destroys Human Lung Tumors

Super-intense radiation delivered by a robotic arm eradicated lung tumors in some human patients just 3-4 months after…    

Blood test may find early lung cancer: study

A blood test that looks for the body’s immune response to tumors may provide an easy way to…    

Simple blood test detects lung cancer before it’s too late

Researchers in the United States have developed a blood test that is able to correctly predict non-small-cell lung…    

Non-Surgical Treatment Gives Lung Cancer Patients Three Years or More

Fifty-seven percent of lung cancer patients who were treated with thermal ablation survived to three years, two years…    

New hope for ways to overcome drug resistance in lung cancer

Scientists have suggested it may be possible to reverse drug resistance in lung cancer patients, thereby improving the…    

Marijuana tied to precancerous lung changes

Smoking marijuana can cause changes in lung tissue that may promote cancer growth, according to a review of…    

Women Smokers, Higher Risk But Lower Death Rates from Lung Cancer

Women who smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than men who smoke, though women smokers…    

Benefits of surgery for lung cancer unclear

Evidence from clinical trials neither supports nor refutes a benefit for surgery as a treatment for the most…    

Radiation Therapy Increases Survival in Certain Lung Cancer Patients

Treating certain lung cancer patients with surgery followed by radiation therapy can improve their chances of long-term survival,…    

Lung cancer slowed by Pfizer drug

A Pfizer Inc. kidney cancer drug has also shown promise in a small mid-stage trial as a treatment…    

Heavy marijuana use not linked to lung cancer

Despite popular belief, a new study shows that people who smoke marijuana do not appear to be at…