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Former televangelist Tammy Faye Messner, formerly Tammy Faye Bakker, posted Tuesday on her website (service is currently unavailable) a message about her health. Messner, 65, reports that doctors have stopped treating her cancer. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1996 and announced in 2004 that the disease had spread to her lungs. “I am [...]
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Rep. Charles Norwood, a Georgia dentist who rode to office on a Republican tidal wave in 1994, died Tuesday (Feb. 13, 2007) after battling cancer. Rep. Norwood, 65, died at his home in Augusta, Ga. House members paused for a moment of silence in his honor. Rep. Norwood suffered from a chronic lung disease and [...]
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When women and men have lung cancer of the same stage and are given the same treatment, the women are more likely to survive, according to the findings published in the journal of Chest. Lung cancer “is the number one cause of cancer deaths in both men and women worldwide,” Dr. Robert James Cerfolio and [...]
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Allen Carr, who was considered as world’s best anti-smoking guru died of lung cancer yesterday. He was 72. Carr helped convince millions of people to give up smoking. He claimed to have helped 10 million people to give up smoking, including leading figures such as the Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson, the actor Sir Anthony [...]
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International cancer researchers warned today that burning solid fuels and frying food at high temperatures in poorly ventilated rooms raise the risk of lung cancer. Scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said indoor emissions from burning biomass fuel — such as wood, charcoal and dung — as well as emissions from [...]
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Gerald Boyd was the first black managing editor of The New York Times. He died earlier this week of lung cancer. Boyd was diagnosed with lung cancer in February and was keeping unwell for most of the year. However he kept his condition private from his friends and colleagues. Boyd is credited for his ability [...]
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The lung cancer drug Gefitinib has been taken off shelves in the United States due to ineffectiveness. But it remains effective in some Taiwanese lung cancer patients, according to a study published in the journal Lung Cancer. The study, conducted by the National Health Research Institutes, involved 65 non-small-cell lung cancer patients and found that [...]
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According to the European researchers, simple radiation treatment combined to chemotherapy after lung cancer surgery can double the survival time for patients with cancer that hasn’t yet spread through the body. The patients had stage 3 lung cancer, which has spread to lymph nodes outside the lung but not throughout the body. Such patients often [...]
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Smoking is the biggest risk factor for lung cancer — and 90 percent of all lung cancer cases are related to smoking. But family history is a risk factor too and can nearly double the risk of developing the deadly disease. A study published in the October issue of Chest found by studying a population [...]
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Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) comprises the majority of lung cancers.According to the results presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology, the combination consisting of Platinol (cisplatin) plus Navelbine (vinorelbine) improves survival among non-small cell lung [...]
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Actor Edward Laurence Albert, Godson of Sir Laurence Olivier died on Friday of lung cancer, he was 55. Edward appeared in 126 films and also had TV roles to his credit. Edward’s movie debut was in 1965′s The Fool Killer. Once he seriously decided to pursue acting he starred in a film called Butterflies are [...]
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