:: November 2009

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View all Treatment articles in our Treatment Report . The most recent articles are listed on top (not in alphabetical order). Click on the Topic on our home page and then the subtopic - Treatment Report. Stay updated on drugs and their side effects, and various other treatments, including exercise, nutrition, and supplements.

Fruits and vegetables consumption and the risk of histological subtypes of lung cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). (Cancer Causes Control. 2009) “CONCLUSION: We observed inverse associations between the consumption of vegetables and fruits and risk of lung cancer without a clear effect on specific histological subtypes of lung cancer. In current smokers, consumption of vegetables and fruits may reduce lung cancer risk, in particular the risk of squamous cell carcinomas.”

ACCP Revises Guideline on the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer (2nd Edition)

DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF LUNG CANCER: ACCP GUIDELINES (2ND EDITION) – LISTED GUIDELINES (Chest. 2007)

Diagnostic surgical pathology in lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). (Chest. 2007)

Epidemiology of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). (Chest. 2007)

Evaluation of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). (Chest. 2007)

Evidence for the treatment of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). (Chest. 2007)

Initial evaluation of the patient with lung cancer: symptoms, signs, laboratory tests, and paraneoplastic syndromes: ACCP evidenced-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). (Chest. 2007)

Lung cancer chemoprevention: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd Edition). (Chest. 2007)

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Guideline, Version 1.2007 (2007)

New Guidelines Issued on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Management (2007)

NGC - Cross-sectional diagnostic imaging in lung cancer. (2006)

NGC - Diagnostic surgical pathology in lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) (2007)

NGC - Evaluation of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer? ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) (2007)

NGC – Initial diagnosis of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. (2nd Edition) (2007)

Screening for lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). (Chest. 2007)

Featured site

NCI - Lung Cancer

Mayo Clinic - Lung cancer

NCI - Lung Cancer (PDQ?): Prevention

NCI - Lung Cancer (PDQ?): Screening

NCI - Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (PDQ?): Treatment

NCI - Small Cell Lung Cancer (PDQ?): Treatment

NCI - Understanding Lung Cancer

NIH - Institute and Center Resources Lung Cancer

NIH - Lung Cancer

NIH - Lung Cancer Senior Health

NIH - Lung Cancer Tutorial

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Lung cancer

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Lung cancer - non-small cell

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Lung cancer - small cell

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Lung cancer, frontal chest X-ray

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Metastatic cancer to the lung

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