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Smoke and Mirrors: The Canadian Tobacco War

Book by Rob Cunningham; International Development Research Centre, 1996

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Smoking--Canada--Prevention, Tobacco Industry--Canada

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...Uncovering the link between smoking and lung cancer As early as 1912,51 scientific reports suggested that the rise in lung cancer might be attrib- utable to cigarette...in 1939 found that patients with lung cancer were much more likely to smoke...
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Cells, Aging, and Human Disease

Book by Michael B. Fossel; Oxford University Press, 2004

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Aging, Cells--Aging

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...far better diagnostic marker for lung cancer. TEP1 was, predictably, more...difference between that found in lung cancer and normal lung tissue, varies...activity in 31/38 (82%) of lung cancer samples and in only 7/35 (20...
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Should I Be Tested for Cancer? Maybe Not and Here's Why

Book by H. Gilbert Welch; University of California Press, 2004

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Cancer--Diagnosis--Popular Works, Cancer--Popular Works, Medical Screening--Popular Works

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Lung cancer As I mentioned earlier, no professional...organization currently recommends screening for lung cancer. But there are certainly good reasons to think hard about lung cancer screening: it is the cancer responsible...
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Statistics with Common Sense

Book by David Kault; Greenwood Press, 2003

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Statistics

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...believe that smoking is a cause of lung cancer. The smoking habit usually precedes the lung cancer by many years. A few diehard smokers...knowledge that one is doomed to lung cancer induces people to take up smoking...
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Alcohol and Illness: The Epidemiological Viewpoint

Book by John C. Duffy; Edinburgh University Press, 1992

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Alcohol--Health Aspects, Alcoholism--Complications--Epidemiology, Health Risk Assessment

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Summary of studies on alcohol and lung cancer reviewed Study Design and methods...Cohort. Alcoholics followed up for lung cancer mortality. Case-control, 45...non-alcoholics followed up for lung cancer mortality. Cohort. Male alcoholics...

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Declining Sex Differences in Mortality from Lung Cancer in High-income Nations

Journal article by Fred C. Pampel; Demography, Vol. 40, 2003

Subjects:

Lung cancer, Mortality, Sexes, Smoking, Statistical analysis, Studies

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...Sex Differences in Mortality from Lung Cancer in High-income Nations by Fred...gender-equality hypothesis-lung cancer is particularly important. Rising rates of lung cancer mortality among women in recent...
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Lung Cancer Incidence and Long-Term Exposure to Air Pollution from Traffic

Journal article by Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Zorana Jovanovic Andersen, Martin Hvidberg, Steen Solvang Jensen, Matthias Ketzel, Mette Serensen, Steffen Loft, Kim Overvad, Anne Tjenneland; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 119, 2011

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Air pollution--Health aspects, Air pollution--Research, Lung cancer--Diagnosis, Lung cancer--Research, Lung cancer--Risk factors, Nitrogen oxide--Environmental aspects, Nitrogen oxide--Health aspects, Nitrogen oxide--Research, Nitrogen oxides--Environmental aspects, Nitrogen oxides--Health aspects, Nitrogen oxides--Research

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Lung Cancer Incidence and Long-Term Exposure to...associations between air pollution and risk for lung cancer. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether...residence are associated with risk for lung cancer. METHODS: We identified 592 lung cancer...
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Lung Cancer Risk in Painters: A Meta-Analysis

Journal article; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010

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Lung cancer--Research, Lung cancer--Risk factors, Occupational exposure--Health aspects, Occupational health and safety--Health aspects, Painters (Artists)--Health aspects, Painters--Health aspects

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Lung Cancer Risk in Painters: A Meta-Analysis...painter and the incidence or mortality from lung cancer. DATA SOURCES: PubMed and the reference...11,000 incident cases or deaths from lung cancer among painters. DATA EXTRACTION: Three...
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Lung Cancer in a U.S. Population with Low to Moderate Arsenic Exposure

Journal article by Julia E. Heck, Angeline S. Andrew, Tracy Onega, James R. Rigas, Brian P. Jackson, Margaret R. Karagas, Eric J. Duell; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 117, 2009

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Arsenic--Complications and side effects, Arsenic--Environmental aspects, Arsenic--Research, Drinking water--Contamination, Drinking water--Health aspects, Lung cancer--Research, Lung cancer--Risk factors

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Lung Cancer in a U.S. Population with Low to Moderate...examined associations between arsenic and lung cancer. METHODS: A population-based case--control study of primary incident lung cancer was conducted in 10 counties in two U...
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Lung Cancer in Chinese Women: Evidence for an Interaction between Tobacco Smoking and Exposure to Inhalants in the Indoor Environment

Journal article by Li Tang, Wei-Yen Lim, Philip Eng, Swan Swan Leong, Tow Keang Lim, Alan W.K. Ng, Augustine Tee, Adeline Seow; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 118, 2010

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Indoor air pollution--Health aspects, Lung cancer--Demographic aspects, Lung cancer--Risk factors, Smoking--Health aspects

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Lung Cancer in Chinese Women: Evidence for an Interaction...Chinese women have a high incidence of lung cancer in relation to their smoking prevalence...considered potential risk factors for lung cancer. OBJECTIVES: We used a case-control...

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Prevention Best Treating Lung Cancer

Magazine article by Margie Patlak; FDA Consumer, Vol. 29, June 1995

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Lung cancer--Care and treatment, Smoking--Health aspects

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Prevention Best Treating Lung Cancer. by Margie Patlak Americans are known the world...another activity known unmistakably to cause lung cancer: cigarette smoking. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in this...
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Waging War on Lung Cancer

Magazine article by Ellen Brown; FDA Consumer, Vol. 33, May 1999

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Lung cancer--Care and treatment

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Waging War on Lung Cancer. by Ellen Brown Five years ago, when...the cause of the collapse was clear: lung cancer had eaten a hole in the air sack of...other cancer survivors wage war on lung cancer, too. Survival and Detection Lung...
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Study: Genetics, Not Smoking Habits, May Be Responsible for Lung Cancer Disparities among Races

Magazine article; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 23, February 23, 2006

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African Americans, Genetics, Lung cancer, Racial differences, Risk factors, Smoking, Whites

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Habits, May Be Responsible for Lung Cancer Disparities among Races LOS ANGELES...responsible for the disparities in lung cancer rates among smokers of different...are far more likely to develop lung cancer than Whites who smoke as much...
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Nccn's New Lung Cancer Guidelines Called a Useful Reference

Magazine article by Julio Fernandez; Drug Topics, Vol. 152, February 11, 2008

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Chemotherapy, Lung cancer, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Pharmacists, United States

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Nccns New Lung Cancer Guidelines Called a Useful Reference...recently updated its non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) guidelines. The updated guidelines...regimens. The International Adjuvant Lung Cancer Trial (IALT) reported a statistically...
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Lung Cancer Imaging Agent

Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 30, November 1996

Subjects:

DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co.--Laws, regulations and rules, Lung cancer--Diagnosis, Medical tests--Laws, regulations and rules, Pharmaceutical industry--Laws, regulations and rules

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Lung Cancer Imaging Agent. A kit using a new diagnostic...in patients diagnosed with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has been licensed by FDA. The...should not be used to rule out suspected lung cancer or its spread in patients without confirmed...

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More Signs Lung Cancer Screening Could Save Lives

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 29, 2010

Subjects:

Cancer research--Reports, Cancer screening--Reports, Cancer--Diagnosis, Cancer--Reports, Cancer--Research, Lung cancer--Reports, Mortality--Reports, Oncology, Experimental--Reports

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

More Signs Lung Cancer Screening Could Save Lives. NEW YORK...smokers may benefit from screening for lung cancer, to detect tumors in their earliest...Farber Cancer Institute, who treats lung cancer patients and reviewed the results for...
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Concern over North Lung Cancer Rates; Study Reveals Inequalities across Country

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), July 12, 2011

Subjects:

Cancer patients--Reports, Lung cancer--Reports, Lung cancer--Research

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Concern over North Lung Cancer Rates; Study Reveals Inequalities...East are more likely to die from lung cancer than those living in the south...revealing study has shown. Overcoming lung cancer is a "postcode lottery" and survival...
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43 Filipinos Die of Lung Cancer Daily

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 27, 2007

Subjects:

Lung cancer

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43 Filipinos Die of Lung Cancer Daily. Byline: CHRISTINA I. HERMOSO Forty-three Filipinos die of lung cancer everyday, making the disease the...said about 17,238 new cases of lung cancer were recorded, of which 15,695...
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Western States Leading National Decline in Lung Cancer Rates

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 19, 2011

Subjects:

Cancer patients, Lung cancer, News agencies--Statistics, The Associated Press, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...States Leading National Decline in Lung Cancer Rates. Byline: Mike Stobbe Associated...national decline in the rate of new lung cancer cases, with states like California...region. Roughly 90 percent of lung cancer cases are attributed to smoking...
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Sponsored Climb of Kilimanjaro Will Put Wales in Lead on Lung Cancer Research

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 31, 2010

Subjects:

Cancer research, Cancer--Research, Lung cancer, Oncology, Experimental, Research scientists

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Kilimanjaro Will Put Wales in Lead on Lung Cancer Research. Byline: Madeleine Brindley...ground-breaking international lung cancer research. Money raised by the...Cancer Bank to start collecting lung cancer samples. These samples will in...

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Lung Cancer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

LUNG CANCER cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs . Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in...both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic...
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Cancer , in Medicine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...different organ. For example, lung cancer that has spread to the brain is called metastatic lung cancer, rather than brain cancer. Carcinoma...of death in the United States. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer...
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Smoking

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...smoker has a significantly greater chance of contracting lung cancer than a nonsmoker, the rate varying according to factors...smokers, if they do not inhale, are not as prone to lung cancer as cigarette smokers, but they are as likely to develop...
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Breast Cancer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cancer that originates in the breast. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women (following lung cancer ). Even allowing for improvements in detection (i.e., the introduction of routine mammography), there has been...
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Prostate Cancer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...in the prostate gland . Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. It occurs predominantly in older men; the median age at diagnosis is 72 years...

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