Science & Medicine
My Turn: Lung cancer a low-profile disease
Nov. 7, 2011
The breast cancer drug tamoxifen may stall the progression of Cancer Institute lung cancer site” href=”https://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/non-small-cell-lung/Patient” target=”_blank”>non-small cell lung cancer in those who take it after breast cancer treatment, a new study has found.
Oct. 3, 2012
Invasive lung cancer, still the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, claimed fewer lives over the five-year period ending in 2009, says a report issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jan. 9, 2014
Donna Summer: Lung cancer leading cause of cancer death
May 17, 2012
* More people in the United States die of lung cancer than any other cancer; an estimated 160,000 lung cancer deaths are expected this year. * Eighty-seven percent of lung cancer cases are smoking-related. * Since 1987, more women have died each year of lung cancer than breast cancer. * Women will account for nearly half of the lung cancer diagnoses in the U.S. this year. * The lung cancer death rate for black people is much higher than for whites; a rate of 80.8 per 100,000 black males compared with 54 per 100,000 white males. * Lung cancer is more often diagnosed at localized stages (meaning the cancer has not yet spread beyond the original tumor) in whites than in blacks. * The average age of people found to have lung cancer is 60. * Among people whose cancer is found early, the average survival rate is 49%.
Aug. 31, 1998
World & Nation
Reaction: Partly because of the public’s perception that smokers take a foolish risk, lung cancer gets less attention--and funding.
March 26, 2001
Booster Shots
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April 26, 2010
New research estimates that in a single year, some 5,000 lung cancer deaths might be averted if some former smokers who don’t currently qualify for lung-cancer screening were to get a computed tomography scan capable of detecting malignancy.
Jan. 2, 2018
Lung cancer rates down, with a narrowing gender gap
Lung cancer in a smoker may be different from lung cancer in a nonsmoker
Nov. 9, 2010