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ASCO: Platinum-Taxane Regimen No Benefit for Thymoma or Thymic Carcinoma

CHICAGO -- For treatment-naive advanced thymoma or thymic carcinoma, carboplatin (Paraplatin) and paclitaxel (Taxol) failed to achieve response rates approaching those reported in published trials of athracycline-based regimens.

Radiologists Take FDA Warning on Lung Ablation in Stride

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- The FDA's recent warning about deaths caused by radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors was more a note of caution than a mortal blow to the procedure, said interventional radiologists experienced with the technique.

Lung Cancer Risk of One Marijuana Joint a Day Equals Daily Pack of Cigarettes

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Smoking a single marijuana joint may be as carcinogenic to the lung as 20 tobacco cigarettes, researchers here calculated.

ASCO: High Dose Pemetrexed (Alimta) Fails to Increase Survival in NSCLC

CHICAGO -- Increasing the dose of pemetrexed (Alimta) to 900 mg/m2 did not improve outcome for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but did slightly increase toxicity, researchers found.

ASCO: Vitamin B₁₂ Supplementation Can Be Given Closer to Pemetrexed for NSCLC

CHICAGO -- A shorter lead-in time between recommended vitamin B12 supplementation and pemetrexed (Alimta) therapy may reduce treatment delays without impairing its efficacy.

Dana Reeve, a Nonsmoker, Dies of Lung Cancer at 44

NEW YORK - Dana Reeve, 44, the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, died here Monday night, seven months after she announced that she had developed lung cancer. A nonsmoker, she had been treated at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Dana Reeve, Widow of Christopher Reeve, Has Lung Cancer

NEW YORK-Dana Reeve, 44, the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, announced today that she has lung cancer and is undergoing treatment. Reeve, a singer, said her doctors are optimistic about her prognosis.

Peter Jennings of ABC News Dies of Lung Cancer

NEW YORK-ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings, 67, died Sunday, just four months after he announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. Jennings, a former smoker, had been treated with radiation therapy at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center here.