I’m at the Science Writers 2010 conference, my favorite meeting of the year, because I always leave feeling inspired, and rather empowered to try all kinds of new, writing-related things. One of my favorite things about this conference is the people. They are all non-scientist, science nerds, like me. People who can appreciate a really
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People with a history of smoking have a high risk of lung cancer – a disease with a five-year relative survival rate (for smokers and non-smokers combined) of only 15.8 percent. Previous attempts at developing a test to find lung cancer early, when it is easier to treat, have not been able to demonstrate a
The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer that was released todayshows continued declines in both the rate of new cancer cases (incidence) and the rate of cancer deaths (mortality) in the United States over the past several years. The report, which is produced by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Centers for Disease Control