New Research Reveals Genetic Overlap Between COPD and Lung Cancer Susceptibility

New Orleans – May 17, 2010 – New research shows genes that make smokers more likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or emphysema, are also closely linked to an increased likelihood of developing lung cancer, according to studies presented today at the American Thoracic Society’s annual meeting.

Tests Showing Smokers Their Individual Risk Of Future Disease Will Help Them Quit, Says Paper

Personalizing Risk To Prompt Lifestyle Changes Good Model For Improving Smoking Cessation

Research Shows Efforts To Quit Smoking Strengthen After Personalized Lung Cancer Risk Test

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Only one way to cut lung cancer risk (New Zealand Herald)

Tobacco use and nicotine addiction are enormously important public health issues that warrant a broad-based counterattack.

Let's Talk About Smoking and Cancer (Caring.com)

Quitting Is Best, But There Are Other Ways To Protect Yourself and Your Family Members

Synergenz reviews “Questioning a Cancer Test”, a New York Times article (November 7, 2009) about RespirageneTM

Christopher Taylor's story tells it all. Here is a man who smoked but wanted to quit. Like many smokers, Taylor was interested in better understanding his own risk profile for lung cancer throug...