New research shows that a family of compounds found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables -- like cauliflower and watercress -- may stop the spread of lung cancer and lead to new treatments for the deadly disease. (paktribune.com)

August 11, 2005

ABC anchorman Peter Jennings believed he would beat the advanced lung cancer that ultimately took his life Sunday. "The amazing thing was he really stayed Peter," his ex-wife, Kati Marton, told "Inside Edition." (New York Daily News)

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August 10, 2005

Barbara Bel Geddes, the actress who played Miss Ellie Ewing on the TV series Dallas, has died of lung cancer at the age of 82.

"Bel Geddes was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actress for the 1948 drama I Remember Mama and was the original Maggie the Cat on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ... But she was best known as the matriarch of the rambunctious Ewing oil family on Dallas, which hurtled to the top of the ratings despite negative reviews." (Houston Chronicle)

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Most lung cancers occur in smokers, but nonsmoker Dana Reeve’s situation isn’t as uncommon as it appears. Like Reeve, widow of “Superman” star Christopher Reeve, 1 in 5 women diagnosed with the disease never lit a cigarette, doctors say. Yet they share an unfortunate stigma with cancer patients who smoked. (MSNBC)

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August 9, 2005

Dana Reeve, wife of the late Christopher Reeve, is battling lung cancer. She released a statement today that read, in part: "I have recently been diagnosed with lung cancer and am currently undergoing treatment. I have an excellent team of physicians and we are optimistic about my prognosis." (Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation)

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August 7, 2005

Nearly four months to the day since he announced in a hoarse voice on his evening newscast that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer, longtime ABC "World News Tonight" anchor Peter Jennings died Sunday, according to the ABC News network. He was 67. (CNN.com)

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June 22, 2005

Black cigarette smokers with a parent or sibling who developed lung cancer at an early age are more likely to get the disease themselves than white smokers with the same family history, researchers reported Tuesday. (Reuters)

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April 23, 2005

Lung cancer patients who have surgery in the winter are 40% more likely to die of the disease than those operated on in the summer, a US study suggests. (BBC News)

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April 18, 2005

Does having lung cancer surgery during a sunny time of year improve your chances of survival? Maybe, according to Harvard researchers. (HealthCentral.com)

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April 5, 2005

"Peter Jennings, the chief ABC News anchorman for more than 20 years, has been diagnosed with lung cancer and will begin outpatient treatment next week, the network said Tuesday."

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April 3, 2005

"Most patients who are diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer are not surgical candidates at the time of diagnosis. For these patients, minimally invasive interventional radiology procedures can improve survival, reduce pain, and improve quality of life. Interventional radiologists are uniquely skilled in using imaging guidance to deliver targeted cancer treatments throughout the body nonsurgically."

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March 15, 2005

Avastin, a groundbreaking anti-angiogenesis drug, significantly improves survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, the most common form of lung cancer.

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