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Palliative care for cancer patients prolongs life

While quality of life care often takes a back seat to traditional care for terminally ill patients, a new study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine could change all of that. Read more...

Better communication needed to address racial disparities in lung-cancer care

To add to the pile of research citing racial disparities in healthcare, a new study examining surgery for stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer reveals that only 55 percent of black patients Read more...

Researchers caution against screening for lung cancer without symptoms

Despite the well-established link between lung cancer and smoking, a new study reveals that CT scans in asymptomatic smokers may be more harmful than helpful. According to new research by the Read more...

Journal revises conflict-of-interest disclosure policies

The New England Journal of Medicine, under fire from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, has changed its procedures regarding conflict-of-interest disclosures. The change came Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: NEJM issues correction over tobacco ties to cancer study

Editors at the venerable New England Journal of Medicine must be a bit embarrassed this week, having had to issue a correction admitting that it should have disclosed that a lung-cancer detection Read more...

Genetic link to smoking discovered

As if quitting smoking wasn't difficult enough, now comes word that there's a genetic link that makes people more likely to be hooked on tobacco. The AP reports that three separate teams of Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Farrah Fawcett's cancer records illegally reviewed; Women's Hospital in TX to close; and much more...

> Prior to Britney Spears's hospital files being illegally viewed by some members of UCLA's medical staff, Farrah Fawcett suffered the same fate. Records of her cancer treatments at the same Read more...

Tobacco giants funding MA universities' research

It's discomforting--the more you look, the more you find tobacco companies funding medical research. Last week, we learn that a 2006 study concluding that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be Read more...

Cigarette company funded cancer study

According to an article in the New York Times, a 2006 study that concluded that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be prevented by the use of CT scans was backed by grants from a cigarette Read more...

Press Releases

Riverain Technologies’ Temporal Comparison X-ray Software Receives FDA Clearance

Unique Technology Helps Identify Potential Lung Cancer Earlier DAYTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Riverain Technologies announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Read more >>

Free Educational Workshop for People Undergoing Treatment for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Learn from top medical experts how to cope with and manage loss of strength resulting from non-small cell lung cancer and its treatments NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Listeners from across the United Read more >>

Software May Improve Chest X-Ray Detection of Lung Cancer, Shows Early Promise for Pneumonia

OnGuard™ Identified Previously Missed and Hard-to-Find Lung Growths CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sophisticated yet simple-to-use software enhancements to standard chest X-rays may significantly improve Read more >>

Research and Markets: Triple Analysis: Leukemia, Lung Cancer and Peptides - 2011 Will Be an Important Part of Creating and

NCCN Announces New Addition to Library of Guidelines: NCCN Guidelines for Lung Cancer Screening

The first NCCN Guidelines for Lung Cancer Screening were recently developed and published on-line at NCCN.org. In an effort to help detect lung cancer at an earlier, more treatable stage, the NCCN Read more >>