Filtered Cigarettes Blamed for Huge Rise in Type of Lung Cancer Sep 8, 2007
Statistics on four major types of lung cancer -- adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell carcinoma, and small cell carcinoma -- were tallied to reveal how common each disease had been at the six different time periods. The first three cancers fall into the "non-small cell" category of lung disease that accounts for about 85 percent of all lung cancers in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. (MEDLINEplus)
New cancer treatment adds to survival rates in lung cancer patients Jun 29, 2007
Further analysis showed that patients with the cancer subtypes of adenocarcinoma, or large cell carcinoma, benefited the most from induction chemotherapy, whereas those with squamous cell carcinoma did not. Studies like ours challenge traditional methods for treating cancer, while still preserving and building on what has already been established as effective in the treatment of lung cancer, said Eugene H. Huang, M.D., lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist at M.D. Anderson Cancer... (EurekAlert!)
Florida Court Ruling Grants Smoking Victims an Opportunity to File Individual Claims Against Cigarette Manufacturers; Parker & Waichman, LLP Offering Free Case Analysis to Florida Residents Injured by Cigarette Smoking Jul 15, 2006
1 (that smoking cigarettes causes aortic aneurysm, bladder cancer, cerebrovascular disease, cervical cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease, esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, laryngeal cancer, lung cancer (specifically, adenocarinoma, large cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma), complications of pregnancy, oral cavity/tongue cancer, pancreatic cancer, peripheral vascular disease, pharyngeal cancer, and stomach cancer), 2 (that nicotine... (Primezone Releases)
About Lung Cancer Jul 11, 2006
Three types : Squamous cell carcinoma, Adenocarcinoma, large cell carcinoma. These are grouped together because they behave in a similar way and respond to treatment differently to small cell lung cancer. (Click2Houston, TX)
