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Posted: 11/01/2007
November 2007
Nonsmokers Battle Lung Cancer, Too
Jim Steele and Glenn Wilkinson are living proof that lung cancer is much more than a smoker's disease. Neither man ever smoked. They are among the relatively small, but dangerous subset of nonsmokers diagnosed with lung cancer each year. Read More
Q&A: Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers
Physicians know smoking causes lung cancer, but many puzzles remain about why nonsmokers make up about 15% of those who contract this deadly cancer. Answering questions about lung cancer in nonsmokers is Ara Vaporciyan, M.D., an associate professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and director of the institution's Oncology Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Program. Read More
Cancer Survivor Warns Children About Smoking
Jerry Berkowitz speaks to thousands of school kids, telling them not to become a smoker like he did when he was young. If they do, he says, they might one day end up like him, living with an artificial trachea. Read More
Lung Cancer Patients' Recovery Studied
Symptoms Reported to Help Post-Treatment
Tools Track Lung Cancer Recovery
Symptoms, Recording Device Guide Doctors
Researchers Trying to Predict Lung Cancer Risk
Tool Helps Gauge Who Needs Aggressive Screening
Research Lung Cancer in Books, on Web
Parents Can Teach Anti-Smoking Message
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