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To build public awareness of lung cancer, four national cancer organizations are uniting to launch a nationwide lung cancer awareness campaign. The goals of the campaign are to promote better diagnosis and treatment of the disease, increase research funding, and publicize medical advances and support services that can help reduce the deaths and suffering associated with lung cancer.

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A report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute gives weight to an unproven theory that women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing substances in tobacco smoke.

The facts from a comprehensive, peer reviewed lung cancer resource sponsored by the Oncology Nursing Society and Cancer Care, Inc.

"Law and Order" star S. Epatha Merkerson speaks about lung cancer awareness, after the death of two close friends to the disease.

Recent research; CT scans of about 500 men and 500 women, none of whom had any symptoms of lung cancer, revealed small tumors in the lungs of 19 women and 10 men.

Lung cancer is catching up with more and more women. The disease, which is fatal for 86 percent of its victims within five years of a diagnosis, is now the leading cause of cancer death among women. Good Housekeeping article.

"We're more susceptible than men. It kills more of us than any other cancer. And our daughters are taking up smoking in record numbers. Read on."