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Vitamin B6 Linked to Lower Lung Cancer Risk
Having higher blood levels of vitamin B6 and the amino acid methionine both appear to reduce lung cancer risk in smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to a new study.
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Cancer Caregivers Share Patient Stresses
The emotional high and low points during the trajectory of terminal cancer are similar for patients and caregivers.
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Pill Shrinks Some Lung Cancers
An experimental pill shows promise for the treatment of lung cancer patients with a specific genetic abnormality in early testing.
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Study: Shark Cartilage No Help for Cancer
Hopes that shark cartilage would prove to be a useful treatment for cancer were not borne out in one of the most rigorously designed and executed studies of an alternative therapy ever conducted.
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Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Combination Treatments
People who are diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) now have more treatment options, used in more combinations, than ever before.
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Chemotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can now help slow the progression of cancer and sometimes even cure the disease.
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Cancer: Palliative Care and Quality of Life
Palliative care for cancer patients helps ease discomfort, anxiety, nausea, and emotional distress. Find out how palliative care can improve quality of life during and after cancer treatment.
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New Progress in Targeted Lung Cancer Therapy
New research offers hope that people with lung cancer will live longer if drug therapy is guided by the molecular traits of tumors.
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New Way to Treat Inoperable Lung Cancer
An experimental type of highly focused radiation therapy may control inoperable lung cancer tumors and help people with the deadly disease live longer, a study shows.
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Widespread Misperceptions About Lung Cancer
Most people in the U.S. underestimate the deadliness of lung cancer, a study shows.
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Smokers With Lung Cancer: Not Too Late to Quit
People who quit smoking after being diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer live longer than patients who don't, a study shows.
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Lung Cancer Drug Zaps Tumor Blood Vessels
A new lung cancer drug that disrupts blood vessels within the tumor and inhibits blood flow to it looks promising, according to researchers.
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Blood Test for Lung Cancer in the Works
A blood test under study to help diagnose lung cancer looks promising, researchers reported at a cancer meeting in California.
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Compound May Fight Hard-to-Treat Lung Cancer
Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute say they have developed a compound that may be capable of halting a common type of drug-resistant lung cancer.
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Survival Improves Slightly for Advanced Lung Cancer
Survival for the advanced stage of the most common form of lung cancer is slightly better than it was 20 years ago, a new study says.
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