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Lung Cancer Awareness Month: Early Detection Makes the Difference
Lung cancer has a way of staying hidden and becoming increasingly fatal the longer it does so. There are enormous benefits to shining light on this particular…
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Lung Cancer Awareness: Robotic Technology Streamlines Diagnosis
Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer, claiming a disproportionate number of lives compared with the next leading cancers combined: breast, prostate and colon.…
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The Main Road to Lung Cancer and How to Steer Clear
It’s hard to imagine the deadliest cancer in the country is also the most preventable, but that’s the puzzling truth about lung cancer. That makes November,…
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Lung Cancer Awareness Month: 7 Reasons Screening is Underused
Lung cancer is by far the deadliest cancer, representing nearly a quarter of all cancer deaths. However, there is good news: The incidence of lung cancer and…
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UF study find physicians, patients talking less about lung cancer screening
Smoking rates are down nationally, but so are discussions among physicians and smokers about lung cancer screening, University of Florida researchers have…
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Talcum powder stunts growth of lung tumors
Dr. Veena Antony, a UF professor of pulmonary medicine and division chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine for the College of Medicine (Photo by Sarah…
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University of Florida researchers identify a protein that may induce drug resistance in lung cancer cells
University of Florida researchers have identified a protein that appears to play a key role in fortifying lung cancer cells against the powerful chemotherapy…
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Protein protects lung cancer cells from efforts to fix or kill them
A protein that helps lung cancer cells thrive appears to do so by blocking healthy cells' ability to fix themselves when radiation or chemicals such as…
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UF Shands Cancer Center researcher awarded grant to study nicotine’s effects on cancer cells
The Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute has awarded University of Florida Shands Cancer Center researcher Xingming Deng, M.D., Ph.D., a two-year grant…
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UF researchers discover breakthrough anticancer drug
Researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy have discovered a safer and more effective anticancer drug to target leukemia, lymphoma, and…