Asthma - Drug derived from vitamin A slows lung cancer in mice

Drug derived from vitamin A slows lung cancer in mice
Cancerfacts.com - Jan 18 12:46 AM
ST. LOUIS Jan. 18, 2006 A compound related to vitamin A shows promise of preventing or slowing tumor growth in mice prone to lung cancer, researchers say.Save to My Web

Dying N.J. lesbian's plea for benefits fails
Planet Out via Yahoo! News - Jan 19 3:31 PM
SUMMARY: Ocean County, N.J., refuses to let a cancer-stricken policewoman's partner get her pension, spotlighting gaps in the state's partner law.Save to My Web

SNIFF OF TROUBLE
Daily Record - Jan 19 9:40 PM
DOGS with two weeks' training were able to pick out up to 97 per cent of cancer cases in a study by simply sniffing a patient's breath. US researchers were stunned to find the dogs were also able to tell the difference between lung and breast cancer.Save to My Web

New York smokers sue for Cat scans
Crain's New York Business - Jan 19 1:26 PM
New York state Marlboro smokers want Philip Morris to pay for a new CT scan that can detect early-stage lung cancer.Save to My Web

Dog can sniff cancer in humans at 99 percent rate
Marin Independent Journal - Jan 18 7:32 AM
In the small world of people who train dogs to sniff cancer, a little-known Marin County clinic has made a big claim: that it has trained five dogs - three Labradors and two Portuguese water dogs - to detect lung cancer in the breath of cancer sufferers with 99 percent accuracy.Save to My Web

Hospital tests firefighters for cancer
Town Online - Jan 19 5:29 AM
Cancer runs in Lt. Philip Arsenaults family. His relatives have suffered from pancreatic, lung and prostate cancers. "Theres a history in my family, so I thought I would get checked," he said last Thursday, Jan. 12. "Besides, I would never turn down a free test."Save to My Web