Lung Cancer

How Does Lung Cancer Develop?

Written by eHow

Research Reveals What Drives Lung Cancer's Spread

Written by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

A new study by researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse. The study will be published online in the journal Cell on July 2.

RP loses P148 B a year to smoking-related diseases, deaths

Written by Lilita Balane, Newsbreak

The health and social cost of smoking could be 17 times more than government revenues from cigarettes

The government’s failure to impose higher taxes on tobacco products in the past four years has widened the gap between government earnings and the cost, borne by citizens, of treating diseases and of losing productivity due to premature deaths linked to smoking.

Second-hand smoke victims can fight back

Written by JENNY F. MANONGDO, Manila Bulletin, June 15, 2009, 8:44pm

Annoyed by inhaling second-hand tobacco smoke? You have the right to tell the smoker to stop smoking or carry his habit elsewhere, antitobacco advocates Monday said.

Some eight million residents of Metro Manila who are exposed to second-hand smoke weekly have expressed their frustration as reflected in a joint survey done by the government and by an international non-government organization committed to empowering governments in preventing and managing lung ailments, resulting from smoking.