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 Acs cancer facts and figures
In the newly released Cancer Facts & Figures 2003, it is estimated that in the US there will be 1,334,100 new cancer cases and 556,500 deaths from cancer this year. The American Cancer Society (ACS) r..
 Great american smokeout clears the air
Teens stand outside their home with their parents.As the secondhand smoke clears, the progress made by anti-tobacco advocates is more evident every year.
Most recently, Florida voters passed the sm..
 Smoking increases the risk of cervical cancer
Smoking may raise the risk of cervical cancer in women exposed to human papillomavirus (HPV) by slowing the body’s efforts to get rid of HPV infection, a main cause of cervical cancer, researchers rep..
 Guidelines help people manage lung cancer
People with lung cancer have a tool to guide them in making treatment decisions.To help individuals learn more about lung cancer and therapy choices, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) a..
 Telephone quitlines help people stop smoking
Telephone counseling services called quitlines help people stop smoking and are a good use of public funds, according to a recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. 347, No. 14: 1087-..
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 Nicotine may promote cancer development
The addictive component of cigarettes, nicotine, got more bad press recently when a report in the Jan. 2 issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation (Vol. 111, No. 1: 81-90) called it a promoter of..
 Countries unite to fight for tobacco control treaty
Newly hooked teenage smokers in China, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe pocket fresh packs of free cigarettes offered by sleekly dressed "Marlboro Girls" stationed on street corners.
In Africa, c..
 Workplace exposure to secondhand smoke increases women’s lung cancer risk
A group of German researchers found, not surprisingly, that contact with smoke at work or at home, or working in a place with exposure to known cancer-causing chemicals, may increase women’s chances o..
 Smoking adds to woes of women with cervical cancer
Researchers at the MD Anderson Cancer Center were puzzled. They couldn’t explain why Hispanic women had fewer bowel complications when they were treated with radiation for cervical cancer than non-His..
 Large study links tobacco to stomach cancer
While not common in the US, stomach cancer is the second most common cancer in the world, as well as one of the leading causes of cancer deaths.
In recent years researchers have linked many cases o..
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