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Books on: lung cancer

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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...currently recommends screening for lung cancer. But there are certainly...reasons to think hard about lung cancer screening: it is the...about looking harder at peoples lungs, it is worth reviewing what...
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Confronting Cancer: How to Care for Today and Tomorrow

Book by Michael M. Sherry; Insight Books, 1994

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Cancer--Popular Works

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...develop in the periphery of the lung. This type of cancer, which accounts for 25% of all lung cancers, develops rather inexplicably...as smokers. Large-cell lung cancer accounts for 16% of lung cancers. As the three types of non...
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Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment

Book by Sandra Steingraber; Addison-Wesley, 1997

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Cancer--Environmental Aspects, Environmental Toxicology

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...conducted in China, where lung cancer rates are highest among groups...of the highest incidences of lung tumors in the world. However...researchers found a link between lung cancer and air pollution: women...tunnels and spongy rooms of the lung are only the first place where...carcinogens absorbed across the lungs membranes are carried
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Culture and Cancer Care: Anthropological Insights in Oncology

Book by Simon Dein; Open University Press, 2006

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Cancer--Social Aspects, Health Behavior--Cross-Cultural Studies

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...that viral infections may cause cancer (nasopharyngeal cancer in China...thyroid, leukaemia, lymphoma and lung cancer. Souhami and Tobias...died of chronic obstructive lung diseases. The largest proportion...develop malignant tumours. Lung cancer and AIDS are already...
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Understanding Colon Cancer

Book by A. Richard Adrouny; University Press of Mississippi, 2002

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Colon (Anatomy)--Cancer--Popular Works

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...show that colorectal cancer incidence and mortality...waning in recent decades, cancers of the colon and rectum...diagnosed with breast cancer, and about 164,000...year are diagnosed with lung cancer. A total of 180,000...mortality, colorectal cancers are second only to lung...

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Journal Articles on: 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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...Marie, Ontario, lung cancer, matched cancers of the mouth and...chronic obstructive lung disease
lung cancer deaths 4,880 deaths...178 women) other cancers (exceptcancers other than
lung, larynx, oral...National
Cancer Survey
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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

Subjects:

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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...bladder, and lung cancers at high arsenic...However, the cancer risk from exposure...artesian well water and cancers. Cancer Res 45(11 pt 2...neoplasms of bladder, lung and liver in blackfoot...in Taiwan. Br J Cancer 53(3):399...1988a. Arsenic and cancers. Lancet 1(8582...
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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

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

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...Differences in Mortality from Lung Cancer in High-income Nations...important. Rising rates of lung cancer mortality among women in recent...Lalu 1998). Moreover, lung cancer results from a distinct, routine...Thun et al. 1995), lung cancer mortality serves as a useful...emphysema, bronchitis, and other cancers. Although it is difficult...
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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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...supports that risk for lung cancer is associated with different...of the most frequent cancers and has a poor prognosis...pollution and risk of lung cancer in a prospective study in Europe. Int J Cancer 119:169-174. Vineis...et al. 2007. Lung cancers attributable to environmental...
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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...important risk factor for development of lung cancer, but also may cause smokers to be more...females, inhalants, interaction, lung cancer, tobacco smoking. Environ Health Perspect...

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Magazine Articles on: lung cancer

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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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...about 15 percent of lung cancers are found before the...Administration has approved. Lung cancer can be diagnosed by...check for spots on the lungs * a microscopic analysis...patients with early stage lung cancer who will be helped by...to the number of lung cancer patients who have extensive cancers that cant be operated...
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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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...of patients, by the time lung cancer is diagnosed the disease has spread beyond the lungs. Lung cancers tend to spread more quickly than most other types of cancer because the lungs are richly supplied by the...
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Lung Scan: CT May Catch Some Treatable Cancers

Magazine article by N. Seppa; Science News, Vol. 170, October 28, 2006

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CAT scans--Forecasts and trends, CAT scans--Usage, CT imaging--Forecasts and trends, CT imaging--Usage, Lung cancer--Diagnosis, Lung cancer--Patient outcomes, Lung cancer--Risk factors

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Lung Scan: CT May Catch Some Treatable Cancers. by N. Seppa A controversial...CT) scans catch lung cancer early in smokers and...a welcome foray into lung cancer screening, it doesnt...Unger of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia...biological nature of the cancers wasnt elucidated, Unger...
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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

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...Habits, May Be Responsible for Lung Cancer Disparities among Races LOS ANGELES...the University of Hawaii analyzed lung cancer cases over an eight-year period...percent to 55 percent lower risk of lung cancer than Blacks who smoked as much...
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Researchers Develop Synthetic Compound That May Fight Pancreatic, Lung Cancer

Magazine article; Nutrition Health Review, 2011

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Lung cancer, Medical research

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...Fight Pancreatic, Lung Cancer Researchers at the...a drug that fights cancers that are dependent...the non-small cell lung cancer and pancreatic cancer tissue cultures tested...40 percent of lung cancers and in 90 percent...

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Newspaper Articles on: lung cancer

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Lung Cancer Trial Is Dream Come True; Project Could Save Thousands of Lives in City

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), January 18, 2011

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Cancer screening, Cancer--Diagnosis, Lung cancer

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Lung Cancer Trial Is Dream Come True; Project Could...investigator of the pilot at the universitys Cancer Research Centre, said: "Although the number of deaths from lung cancer is falling, it still kills more than 35...
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Lung Cancer Strial Is Dream Come True; Project Could Save Thousands of Lives in City

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), January 18, 2011

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Cancer screening, Cancer--Diagnosis, Lung cancer

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Lung Cancer Strial Is Dream Come True; Project Could...investigator of the pilot at the universitys Cancer Research Centre, said: "Although the number of deaths from lung cancer is falling, it still kills more than 35...
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Lung Cancer Linked to Risk of Stroke

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 22, 2011

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Cancer research, Cancer--Research, Lung cancer--Risk factors, Oncology, Experimental, Stroke (Disease)--Risk factors, Stroke--Risk factors

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...found that among those with lung cancer, 26 in every 1000 experienced...the first three months after lung cancer diagnosis for men and...occurred more often among the lung cancer patients than ischemic...more so than other types of cancers," Russman told Reuters Health...than 52,000 people with lung cancer and more than 104,000 people...
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CANCER VICTIMS BATTLE 'STIGMA' Lung Patients 'Are Not All Smokers'

Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), February 7, 2006

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Cancer patients, Lung cancer

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...Winterton. Around 38,000 lung cancer patients die every...sufferers of the UKs biggest cancer killer. They claim lung cancer receives only 4% of the national cancer research budget and falls behind other major cancers in provision of information...
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More Signs Lung Cancer Screening Could Save Lives

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 29, 2010

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

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More Signs Lung Cancer Screening Could Save Lives. NEW YORK...that turn out to be benign. And for lung cancer, doctors know there is a high false...lesions are dangerous, added Johnson.Lung cancer kills 1.2 million people a year globally...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: lung cancer

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Lung Cancer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...clustered into lobes. In humans, the left lung has two lobes; the right lung three. The lungs are covered by a thin membrane called the...severe and sometimes fatal diseases of the lung, such as cancer and emphysema. Pneumonia is an inflammation...
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Cancer , in Medicine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...their site of origin. Cancer cells that spread to...secondary (metastatic) cancers are still named for...organ. For example, lung cancer that has spread to the...probability of developing lung and colon cancer or a particularly virulent...of leukemia and other cancers in Japanese survivors...
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Breast Cancer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...the second leading cause of cancer death in women (following lung cancer ). Even allowing for improvements...in the incidence of breast cancer since the early 1970s, but...by the mid-1990s. Breast cancers can arise in the lobes or lobules...
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Prostate Cancer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer...have a low rate of prostate cancer, but the incidence rises in...the development of prostate cancer, and studies have shown a...Diagnosis Traditionally, prostate cancer screening consisted of digital...number of early-stage prostate cancers diagnosed. An elevated level...

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