Breast Cancer Linked To Environmental Smoke Exposure Among Mexican Women

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

Mexican women who do not smoke but are exposed to smoking, known as environmental smoke exposure, are at three times higher risk for breast cancer than non-smoking women not exposed to passive smoking, according to findings presented at the Third AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, being ...

CT-Scan Screening For LAM In Women With Collapsed Lung Is Cost-Effective

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have found that using high-resolution CT-scans to screen for lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM, is cost-effective in non-smoking women between 25 and 54 who come to the emergency room for the first time with a collapsed lung. The findings have been published online ahead of ...