NICE Recommends Gefitinib For Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
In draft guidance, published today (27 May 2010) NICE recommends gefitinib (Iressa) as an option for the first-line treatment of people with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer if they test positive for the epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) mutation. In its previous draft [...]
how likely are you to get lung cancer compared to a non smoker?
if you smoke a pack a day, how much more likely are you o develope cancer then a non smoker?
Lets put it this way, 99% of people with small cell carcinoma of the lung (a type of lung cancer) are smokers.
Less than 1% [...]
do i have lung cancer?
im 21 years old. i used to smoke half a pack~ a pack of cigarettes a day for 5 and a half years and then i quit last november. recently, my best friends father passed from a very agressive lung cancer and since then i have been paranoid that i too [...]
