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Lung Cancer Symptom and Treatment News
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Chest X-Rays can detect early lung cancer but also can produce many false-positive results: NCI (PharmaBiz)
A new study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that screening for lung cancer with chest X-rays can detect early lung cancer but can also produce many false-positive test results, causing needless extra tests.
Can X-rays help prevent lung-cancer deaths? (Newsday)
WASHINGTON - Use of routine chest X-rays to hunt lung cancer leads to frequent false alarms, but when tumors are found they tend to be early-stage, say preliminary results of the biggest study ever to address lung-cancer screening.
Shantha West betting high on monoclonal antibodies, targeting lung cancer (PharmaBiz)
Shantha West Inc has found monoclonal antibodies that have great use for cancer treatment. It has two monoclonal antibodies, TB-94 and RN-2. TB-94 is a promising antibody in the treatment of lung and colon cancers whereas RM-2 can be suitable for lung and skin cancers.
Lung cancer screening encouraged (UPI)
DETROIT, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers are urging lung cancer screening for smokers with a strong family history of lung cancer.
TAIWAN DEVELOPS NEW METHOD TO EVALUATE LUNG CANCER TREATMENT (Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance)
Technology A new method of detecting genetic markers for lung cancer in a person's blood developed by a local research team is being used to better monitor the effectiveness of treatment, a researcher from Academia Sinica said Monday.
How Mass Media May Shape Deep Reality Assumptions? Lung Cancer, Smoke And The Trinity Test (MasterNewMedia.org)
Though the sources and references in this report from Joe Vialls are hard to verify and check, and most readers will discount such story as paranoid-conspiracist, what I find most interesting is researching and understanding how the reality perceived by millions of people could be indeed be just the fruit of a highly-well-planned social engineering scam and information cover-up. Photo credit:
Screening Chest X-ray Detects Early-stage Lung Cancers At High Rates, Study Results Show (Science Daily)
Almost half of lung cancers detected by a chest x-ray were early-stage cancers, according to baseline results of a large, randomized clinical trial that is testing the efficacy of a chest x-ray as a screening test for lung cancer. The study results are published in the December 21 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Women often opt out of lung cancer studies (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Women and African-Americans are under-represented in lung cancer clinical trials, clinicians report in the journal Cancer. "The lack of participation by minorities and women shut them out of the next generation of potentially life-saving treatment," warned Dr. Wei Du in comments to Reuters Health.
St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center is First With New 'Super D' Technology for Lung Cancer (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center has added the new superDimension/Bronchus system for the diagnosis and biopsy of lung cancer.
Lung Cancer Surgery Rarer for Blacks (WebMD)
Many older blacks with lung cancer don't get the same treatment as whites, even when they have equal access to specialized care, a study shows. |
