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December 19, 2017
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Even smokers may benefit from targeted lung cancer treatments

Date:December 13, 2017Source:University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusSummary:No matter a patient’s smoking history, when a targetable genetic alteration is present, matching the alteration with the appropriate […]
December 9, 2017

NFL vet brings his non-profit to help lung cancer survivors to Tampa

Chris Draft’s wife, Keisha, died in December of 2011 of lung cancer. Keisha never smoked a day in her life and was seemingly a healthy thirty-something […]
December 19, 2016
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Immunotherapy closing in on a cure for cancer

It’s no secret, Kentucky leads the nation in lung cancer deaths as a tobacco-rich state with a high rate of radon and pollution. In the Bluegrass, more than […]
December 19, 2016
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Lung Cancer Causes 32% of All Cancer Deaths. Why Does It Get 10% of Research Funding?

Despite being the leading cause of cancer death globally, lung cancer doesn’t receive a commensurate share of research and funding. In fact, we know that lung […]