"  Ann Arbor, MI. -- Higher doses of radiation combined with chemotherapy improve survival in patients with stage III" lung cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Meet the Expert:" Feng-Ming Kong, M.D., Ph.D.Learn more: Lung cancer informationRead the journal/abstractDownload the image "  Standard treatment for this stage of lung cancer – when the tumor is likely too large to be removed through surgery – involves a combination of" radiation therapy with chemotherapy. But, this new study finds, giving chemotherapy at the same time as the radiation enhances the effect of both. Further, increasing…

"  Government and private sector cancer scientists today launched a research partnership to find biomarkers for lung cancer that develops in people who have never smoked. The research studies are designed to create a better understanding of the biology of lung cancer and to develop a test to detect early-stage lung cancer in lifetime nonsmokers. The Canary Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds research in early cancer detection, and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, are sponsoring this multi-institutional effort. NCI's Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) and the Canary Foundation will provide initial funding…

Hormone therapy increases risk of lung cancer deathContinued analysis of the Women's Health Initiative, a population study on women's health, yielded more warnings about hormone therapy."  Hormone therapy, prescribed to ease the symptoms of menopause, has already been implicated as contributed to breast cancer. Women near menopause who smoke or previously smoked and are considering hormone therapy should consult their physicians regarding this information.From cancerfacts.com ORLANDO – June 2, 2009 – Women with non-small cell lung cancer who take hormones to ease menopausal symptoms have an increased risk of dying from their cancer than women who don't take hormones, say…