Lung Cancer

Your weekly BMJ digest – 6/1/18

January 11, 2018April 5, 2020 Himmi Kariyawasam 0 Comments Babylon, BMJ, BMJ summary, British Medical Journal, CCG, GPs, Lung Cancer, NHS, pharma, RCA, screening, Sugar, telehealth

And we’re back! Here at medicine.co.uk we wish you all a happy new year, despite the champagne and fireworks being

Blog Cancer Top 10 most searched diseases

Top 10 most searched diseases: #1 Cancer

August 24, 2015April 7, 2020 thomas 0 Comments Cancer, Death, Lifestyle choices, Lung Cancer, Obesity, Smoking, Survival, Top 10 most searched diseases

Cancers are one of the leading causes of death worldwide with a combined death toll of 8.2 million in 2012.

Lung cancer – two diseases

January 28, 2014April 7, 2020 thomas 1 Comment Cancer, Lung Cancer, Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas, Small Cell Lung Carcinomas

Lung cancer is often thought of as one type of cancer, however there are different types of lung cancer: small

Lung cancer – a smoker’s disease?

November 12, 2013April 7, 2020 thomas 0 Comments ageing population, Cancer, DNA sequencing, drugs, Lung Cancer, personalised medicine, prejudice, Smoking, Stigma

In July 2013, Harpal Kumar, the head of Cancer Research UK said, “It is not so long ago that we

Prejudice against lung cancer

August 30, 2013April 7, 2020 thomas 0 Comments Cancer, Lung Cancer, prejudice, Research funding, Stigma

Ever year, 7.5 million people die of cancer, 13% of world deaths. Of these, 1.5 million are from trachea, bronchus

The worldwide tobacco epidemic and what’s being done about it

July 11, 2013April 7, 2020 thomas 0 Comments Big tobacco, demographics, Epidemics, global medicine, Lung Cancer, MPOWER, public health, Smoking, tobacco, WHO, World Health Organisation

Worldwide, we are going through a ‘Tobacco Epidemic’, which is having serious consequences for health organisations. Some countries such as