Lung Cancer Symptom
Study debunks drinking-lung cancer link
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Lung Cancer Media Coverage
Lung cancer, the leading cancer killer of both men and women, is seriously under-reported when compared to other major cancers, according to a new study.
www.prnewswire.com
M. D. Anderson Cancer Center: Lung Cancer
Provides access to information about prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials and stories of survivors.
www.mdanderson.org
Doctors closing in on possible lung cancer test
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www.cnn.com
Smoking Is Ugly
Created Christy Turlington to raise awareness about the effects of smoking, smoking related diseases and lung cancer. "More women died of lung cancer in 2002 than of breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer combined" Facts and quitting info.
www.smokingisugly.com
The Japan Lung Cancer Society
Aims at promoting diverse research on lung cancer and its related fields, as well as helping to diffuse knowledge and understanding of the disease to the public. Holds meetings, publishes journal, and conducts research. With around 6600 regular members.
www.haigan.gr.jp
Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Women with Lung Cancer
Recent research finds that tobacco smoke exposure that causes lung cancer includes both personal smoking and secondhand smoke.
www.sciencedirect.com
FDA approves sealant for lung cancer surgery
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American Lung Association Fact Sheet: Women and Smoking
In 1987, lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States.
www.lungusa.org
Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada
Site provides information, news and support resources about Colorectal cancer, the third most common form of cancer in Canada after lung and breast cancer.
www.ccac-accc.ca
Lung Cancer Risk Greater for Women
Women who smoke the same amount as men are twice as likely to get lung cancer.
news.bbc.co.uk
Dramatic Increase In Fatal Lung Cancer In Women Frustrates Cancer Specialist
News story profiles physician and patients dealing with one of the most lethal, yet one of the most preventable, kinds of cancer.
www.canada.com
Good Housekeeping: Women and Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is catching up with more and more women. The disease, which is fatal for 86 percent of its victims within five years of a diagnosis, is now the leading cause of cancer death among women. Good Housekeeping article.
magazines.ivillage.com
American Lung Association of Maryland
Engaged in the prevention of lung disease including asthma, emphysema and lung cancer and the promotion of lung health.
www.marylandlung.org
Gail P. Ramos Lung Cancer Foundation
Dedicated to fighting lung cancer through research, education, and assistance programs.
www.ramosfoundation.org
Cancer Bulletin: Lung Cancer
Health summary which outlines causes and effects, incidence, treatment and outcomes.
hebw.uwcm.ac.uk
Cancer Treatment Centers of America: Lung Cancer
Offers information about symptoms, causes, prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
lung.cancercenter.com
Lung Cancer : Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Options
Readers will find medical facts simply explained, advice to ease their daily life, and tools to be strong advocates for themselves or a family member with lung cancer.
www.oreilly.com
Italian Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support ed Education
The Italian Chapter of ALCASE is a member of the Global Lung Cancer Coalition, which works for a better understanding of the needs of patients with lung cancer
www.alcase.it
Amir-al-Momenin Lung Cancer Support Association
Support and education for lung cancer patients and relatives. Located in Tehran,Iran.
www.alcsa.com
ABC's of Lung Cancer
Information about the condition and its treatment.
www.abc-lung-cancer.com
Understanding Lung Cancer
General information about the condition including causes, treatment and support. From the Cancer Council of New South Wales, Australia.
www.cancercouncil.com.au
Lung Cancer Information Library
Provides links, a forum and information primarily from the National Cancer Institute sources.
www.meds.com
Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education
Nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people with lung cancer improve their quality of life provides resources for smokefree advocates: legislative news and alerts, events, speakers, and calls for action.
www.alcase.org
California's Anti-Tobacco Campaign Sees Fewer Lung Cancer Deaths
Nursing Week article discusses a payoff of California's anti-tobacco campaign: fewer lung cancer and bronchial cancer deaths.
www.nurseweek.com
States, Women's Groups Slow To Address Women's Smoking
Article examines why women's groups spend almost no time fighting lung cancer, even though it kills more women than breast cancer.
www.cancerpage.com
Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer: ACCP Evidence-Based Guidelines
This is the first set of evidence-based lung-cancer guidelines, in the form of 29 chapters, including the methodology for reviewing the scientific evidence, an assessment of the scope and quality of clinical practice guidelines in lung cancer and the epidemiology of lung cancer, with special chapters on screening, initial evaluation and end-of-life care. From the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).
www.chestjournal.org
Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board
Cancer control and cardio-pulmonary diseases with statistics, screening and public health in Louisiana.
www.lcltfb.org
Historian Ambrose diagnosed with lung cancer
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Warren Zevon has untreatable lung cancer
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Record Toll of Women Killed by Lung Cancer
For 20 years, breast cancer fears have been the more dominant among women, but lung cancer is now the bigger killer; this article explains.
www.independent.co.uk
Women Risk Lung Cancer More
Recent research; CT scans of about 500 men and 500 women, none of whom had any symptoms of lung cancer, revealed small tumors in the lungs of 19 women and 10 men.
www.usatoday.com
American Lung Association: General Smoking Information
Contains fact sheets and data on smoking, secondhand smoke, and their relationship to a lung cancer, emphysema, asthma, and chronic bronchitis.
www.lungusa.org
Exposure to Spouse's Smoking Causes Lung Cancer
Long term smokers increase their spouses' risk of developing lung cancer by more than 20%, according to a new report.
bmj.bmjjournals.com
Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board
Learn about alternatives for breast cancer treatment, early cancer detection and control, clinical studies, and the extensive Louisiana Cancer Control Plan.
www.lcltfb.org
Health Effects of Exposure to Indoor Radon (BEIR VI Report)
The National Academy of Sciences comprehensive report (1998) on the health efects of radon in homes. A detailed risk model for the US population. Explains how radon causes lung cancer and estimates that in the U.S. it causes 15,400 - 21,800 lung cancer deaths each year.
www.epa.gov
What You Don't Know about Women and Lung Cancer
"We're more susceptible than men. It kills more of us than any other cancer. And our daughters are taking up smoking in record numbers. Read on."
www.4woman.gov
Lung Cancer and Cigarette Smoking
Thoracic surgeon Fred Grannis MD provides smokers, lung cancer patients and their families with information on cigarettes, smoking, cessation, and lung cancer risk, diagnosis, and treatment. Webpage design by one of his patients.
www.smokinglungs.com
Blacks less likely to undergo lung cancer surgery, study says
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Women in Study More Susceptible to Lung Cancer
A report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute gives weight to an unproven theory that women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing substances in tobacco smoke.
www.sfgate.com
American Lung Association of Maryland
Engaged in the prevention of lung disease including asthma, emphysema and lung cancer and the promotion of lung health.
www.marylandlung.org
All about tobacco facts, smoking cancer, epidemiology and quitting
The facts on tobacco products and cancer of the larynx, lung, and mouth, emphysema, epidemology, and how to quit; information and graphic pictures from a Kentucky physician.
www.tobacco-facts.info
Vaccine halts lung cancer in small study
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Mamas Health.com: Lung Cancer
Types, symptoms and causes.
mamashealth.com
The Japan Lung Cancer Society
Aims at promoting diverse research on lung cancer and its related fields, as well as helping to diffuse knowledge and understanding of the disease to the public. Holds meetings, publishes journal, and conducts research. With around 6600 regular members.
www.haigan.gr.jp
Drug may slow lung cancer, ease symptoms
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Cancer Program
Extensive directory of information on acute care units, hematology, radiation oncology, social services, clinical specialties, cancer registry, pain and symptom control, along with many other topic areas.
www.Harthosp.org
The Mesothelioma Center
Help for those who suffer from the lung cancer Mesothelioma. Also known as asbestos cancer.
www.mesotheliomacenter.org
WHO: Passive Smoking Causes Lung Cancer
The World Health Organization (WHO) sets the record straight: secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in non-smokers.
www.who.int
What You Need to Know about Lung Cancer
General information on many aspects of the disease from the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
www.cancer.gov
Tobacco Industry Witnesses on Whether Smoking Causes Lung Cancer
Tobacco industry witnesses who argued against restrictions on secondhand smoke were asked if firsthand smoke, smoking cigarettes, causes lung cancer. These are their answers.
www.tobacco.org
AstraZeneca up on lung cancer drug
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Iressa
Lung cancer information for health care professionals and patients regarding advanced non-small cell lung cancer treatment.
www.iressa-us.com
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