Researchers have isolated a small molecule that might play a big part in a form of lung cancer that typically strikes people who have never smoked, opening up the possibilities for new treatments for this deadly malignancy. The microRNA miR-21 was found particularly elevated in adenocarcinomas that affect...

Cancer survivor Lori Hope speaks and writes about the importance of communicating compassionately with those rendered especially vulnerable by any disease, trauma, or other difficult condition. An Emmy-winning producer of more than twenty documentaries and a former medical reporter and newspaper editor,...

The Lung Cancer Alliance is the only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to providing patient support and advocacy for people living with or at risk for the disease. An average of 439 people a day will die of lung cancer. It is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States among...

About.com has high quality topics on virtually every conceivable subject and their cancer area doesn’t disappoint. Like all About.com topics, this one is run by a knowledgeable guide; in this case a freelance medical writer and cancer advocate.

A Cuban Scientific Research Institute just patented a promising new drug that it says helps terminal lung cancer patients live longer. In some cases, the drug known as CimaVax EGF extended the lives of participants in the treatment trials by close to a year. Read more and share your comments and opinions...

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People who have never smoked but whose cells cannot efficiently repair environmental insults to DNA are at higher risk of developing lung cancer than those with effective genomic repair capability, according to researchers from the Department of Epidemiology at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson...