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The US Surgeon General released a report establishing cigarette smoking is a cause of lung cancer
1964 is often considered the turning point in the campaign against tobacco. What happened that year?
On the basis of 7,000 articles relating smoking and disease, Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry released the first report of the Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health that stated that “cigarettes were a cause of lung cancer and laryngeal cancer in men, a probable cause of lung cancer in women and the most important cause of chronic bronchitis.”
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In 2016, Chinese researchers became the first to deliver to a lung cancer patient cells that were modified using the gene editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9. What does CRISPR stand for?
The term CRISPR is often used loosely to refer to the entire CRISPR-Cas9 system, which can be programmed to target specific stretches of genetic code and to edit DNA at precise locations.
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Colon Cancer
In 2005, scientists from the US National Cancer Institute and the National Human Genome research teamed up to launch The Cancer Genome Atlas. Lung cancer was part of this phase. Which cancer was not chosen?
Lung, ovarian and glioblastoma tumors were selected because of the availability of biospecimen collections that met The Cancer Genome Atlas’ strict scientific, technical, and ethical requirements.
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Mesothelioma
What type of cancer has been linked to inhalation of asbestos fibers?
Mesothelioma is a malignant tumor that is caused by inhaled asbestos fibers and forms in the lining of the lungs, abdomen or heart. Symptoms can include shortness of breath and chest pain.
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EGFR
This year, Buffalo researchers launched a clinical trial testing a lung cancer vaccine, the first research group to do so. What protein found in lung cancers does the vaccine target?
EGFR (the gene that produces a protein called epidermal growth factor receptor) is abnormal, or mutated, in about 10 percent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer and in nearly 50 percent of lung cancers arising in those who have never smoked.
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Hungary
Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide. Which European country has the highest lung cancer incidence on the planet?
A study published last year in Frontiers in Oncology found that lung cancer incidence is declining among men but rising among women in Hungary.
The Marlboro Man, frequent in campaign ads to promote the cigarette brand, actually was played by 12 different men in TV commercials during the 1950s and 1960s. How many of them died of lung disease?
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Better treatments
Cancer Facts and Figures 2020 this 2.2% reported a major decline in overall cancer deaths from 2016 to 2017, the last year for which we have final statistics. The 2.2% drop was attributed in part to a substantial decline in lung cancer deaths. What do researcher believe is the biggest reason behind the decline in deaths?
The US National Institutes of Health believe advances in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer are responsible for a substantial portion of the recent declines in lung cancer mortality.
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The use of the Marlboro Man campaign had very significant and immediate effects on sales. In 1955, when the Marlboro Man campaign was started, sales were at $5 billion. By 1957, sales were at $20 billion, representing a 300% increase within two years
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The US Surgeon General released a report establishing cigarette smoking is a cause of lung cancer
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Colon Cancer
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EGFR
Hungary
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Better treatments
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On the basis of 7,000 articles relating smoking and disease, Surgeon General Dr. Luther Terry released the first report of the Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health that stated that “cigarettes were a cause of lung cancer and laryngeal cancer in men, a probable cause of lung cancer in women and the most important cause of chronic bronchitis.”
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The term CRISPR is often used loosely to refer to the entire CRISPR-Cas9 system, which can be programmed to target specific stretches of genetic code and to edit DNA at precise locations.
Lung, ovarian and glioblastoma tumors were selected because of the availability of biospecimen collections that met The Cancer Genome Atlas’ strict scientific, technical, and ethical requirements.
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Mesothelioma is a malignant tumor that is caused by inhaled asbestos fibers and forms in the lining of the lungs, abdomen or heart. Symptoms can include shortness of breath and chest pain.
EGFR (the gene that produces a protein called epidermal growth factor receptor) is abnormal, or mutated, in about 10 percent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer and in nearly 50 percent of lung cancers arising in those who have never smoked.
A study published last year in Frontiers in Oncology found that lung cancer incidence is declining among men but rising among women in Hungary.
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The use of the Marlboro Man campaign had very significant and immediate effects on sales. In 1955, when the Marlboro Man campaign was started, sales were at $5 billion. By 1957, sales were at $20 billion, representing a 300% increase within two years
Fenner assisted the World Health Organization in its smallpox program, and as Chairman of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication he declared on May 8, 1980 that the program had been successful – largely due to mass vaccination.
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PD-L1
Several immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of immunotherapy, have been approved in recent years for lung cancer. These inhibitors, which increase the strength of anti-cancer immune responses, target which protein?
Patients whose tumors test high for PD-L1 proteins may be more responsive to this type of treatment than others, but more studies are needed.
PD-L1
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Patients whose tumors test high for PD-L1 proteins may be more responsive to this type of treatment than others, but more studies are needed.
