$16M Given To Florida Groups For Cancer Research
A number of Florida organizations are getting money for cancer research and tobacco-related diseases.
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A number of Florida organizations are getting money for cancer research and tobacco-related diseases.
The numbers surrounding lung cancer are eye-opening. More than 228,000 people are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and nearly 160,000 people die, 10,000 of them in Florida. Five-year survival rates overall stand at just 16 percent. Lung cancer claims more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined. Now, there is reason for hope at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of UHealth – University of Miami Health System.
The nation's No. 2 cigarette maker is vowing to fight a jury verdict of $23.6 billion in punitive damages in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.
In April the Food and Drug Administration announced plans to begin regulating E-cigarettes. The decision brought relief to some parents who felt it would make it harder for teens to get their hands on the nicotine vapor devices.
Former U.S. Rep. Clay Shaw, a congressman who represented a chunk of South Florida for more than two decades, has died following a lengthy battle against lung cancer.
Former South Florida news anchor John Hambrick has passed away. Hambrick died Tuesday under hospice care in Texas of cancer. He was 73. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012, and it metastasized to his brain.
The widow of a smoker who died of lung cancer over 15 years ago has been awarded $35 million in damages.
Hearing the words lung cancer often means a grim prognosis. But a new experimental vaccine is now giving hope to millions of patients all over the world.
