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Lung cancer

Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK, with around 48,500 people diagnosed each year. There are two main types of lung cancer – small cell lung cancer and non small cell lung cancer – depending on how the cells look under the microscope.

The main symptoms are a cough, shortness of breath and weight loss.

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Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease. Scientists are testing a new way of detecting lung cancer at an early stage in people at greatest risk of developing the disease.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 8 May 2008

8 May 2008

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Cancer Research UK funded scientists have pinpointed an area of the genome containing one or more genes that can put smokers at even more risk of developing lung cancer. Their findings are published online today (Wednesday) in Nature Genetics*. Cancer Research UK funded scientists have pinpointed an area of the genome containing one or more genes that can put smokers at even more risk of developing lung cancer. Their findings are published online today (Wednesday) in Nature Genetics*.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 2 April 2008

2 April 2008

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Doctors from around the UK are taking part in one of the world's largest lung cancer clinical trials investigating how a blood thinning drug might help prevent blood clots in lung cancer patients. Doctors from around the UK are taking part in one of the world's largest lung cancer clinical trials investigating how a blood thinning drug might help prevent blood clots in lung cancer patients.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 5 March 2008

5 March 2008

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Giving women who smoke advice on quitting when they go for cervical smear tests could be an effective way of saving even more lives - according to new research published today in the British Journal of Cancer. If introduced, the measure could benefit hundreds of thousands of women every year. Giving women who smoke advice on quitting when they go for cervical smear tests could be an effective way of saving even more lives - according to new research published today in the British Journal of Cancer. If introduced, the measure could benefit hundreds of thousands of women every year.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 3 April 2007

3 April 2007

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A new treatment for the most common form of lung cancer, developed from initial research by Cancer Research UK scientists, has entered a pivotal phase III clinical trial. A new treatment for the most common form of lung cancer, developed from initial research by Cancer Research UK scientists, has entered a pivotal phase III clinical trial.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 11 January 2007

11 January 2007

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Hiking up the price of a pack of cigarettes by 20 pence is the Government's best hope of reaching its 2010 target to reduce the proportion of adult smokers to 21 per cent - researchers were told today (Tuesday) at the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham. Hiking up the price of a pack of cigarettes by 20 pence is the Government's best hope of reaching its 2010 target to reduce the proportion of adult smokers to 21 per cent - researchers were told today (Tuesday) at the National Cancer Research Institute conference in Birmingham.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 10 October 2006

10 October 2006

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Four out of five adults with long-term lung disease - which is usually caused by smoking - do not know they have it. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema goes undiagnosed in 80 per cent of people who suffer from it according to a new report by Cancer Research UK published online today in Thorax. Four out of five adults with long-term lung disease - which is usually caused by smoking - do not know they have it. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema goes undiagnosed in 80 per cent of people who suffer from it according to a new report by Cancer Research UK published online today in Thorax.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 21 September 2006

21 September 2006

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An overwhelming 92 per cent of Scottish bar staff say their workplaces are healthier since the introduction of the smoking ban six months ago - according to an opinion poll commissioned by Cancer Research UK. An overwhelming 92 per cent of Scottish bar staff say their workplaces are healthier since the introduction of the smoking ban six months ago - according to an opinion poll commissioned by Cancer Research UK.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 11 September 2006

11 September 2006