Topic: United States
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some evidence tying the mineral selenium to a reduced risk of lung cancer, a new long-term study sees no connection between the two.In fact, researchers found that among heavy smokers, those with the highest selenium levels ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a ...
LONDON (Reuters) - German scientists experimenting with sniffer dogs have found they can accurately detect lung cancer by smelling breath samples.In a study carried out by researchers from Schillerhoehe Hospital in Germany, the dogs were able to correctly detect lung tumors in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A landmark study showing that routine lung screening of heavy smokers and former smokers using low dose CT scans could save thousands of lives is sure to set off a fierce debate about the cost of such testing ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California law allows an ex-smoker with lung cancer to sue Philip Morris USA, even though she filed the case years after she had been diagnosed with a separate smoking-related disease, an appeals court has ruled.Nikki Pooshs was a ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More research is suggesting that heavy smokers may benefit from screening for lung cancer, to detect tumors in their earliest stages.A new study finds that regular smokers who received three-dimensional X-rays to look for the presence of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Dutch researchers have found that men who screen negative for lung cancer are a bit less likely to try to quit smoking than men whose scan is inconclusive and requires follow up.The findings in the European Respiratory ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Miners, railway workers and others with years of on-the-job exposure to diesel exhaust may have a heightened risk of developing lung cancer, a new research analysis suggests.The study, which combined the results from 11 previous studies in ...
In a significant advance in the battle against cancer, researchers with the National Cancer Institute found that screening with a low-dose "spiral" CT scan has the potential to reduce lung-cancer deaths, the WSJ reports. The scans come with a dose of radiation ...
In the United States, lung cancer is the most deadly type of cancer for men and women. 1 In 2007, approximately 219,000 people (103,000 women and 116,000 men) in the U.S.A.?diagnosed with lung cancer according to the American Cancer Society . Established ...
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