Cancer patients, too, find it hard to give up smoking
30th Nov 2005, 22:30 GMT
As many as half of smokers who are diagnosed with cancer keep smoking or relapse soon after giving up the habitwhich, not surprisingly, can make matters worse. According to a new study appearing online in the journal Cancer, continuing to smoke not only increases the chances of developing cancer in another part of the body but also interferes with the effectiveness of treatment.
Cancer patients, too, find it hard to give up smoking related news:
- The best time to stop smoking — The Cancer Blog
- Study: Many Cancer Patients Continue to Smoke — ConsumerAffairs.Com News
- Oral cancer: One more reason my sister-in-law is happy she quit smoking — The Cancer Blog
- After cancer diagnosis many smokers don't get up — Medical News Today RSS/XML Feed
- Too Many Cancer Patients Continue to Smoke (HealthDay) — Yahoo! News: Health News
- Never Too Late to Quit Smoking — WebMD Health Headlines
- Passive smoking is breast cancer risk factor (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Health News
- Smoking at a younger age increases breast cancer risk — The Cancer Blog
- Hard to quit smoking even after cancer is diagnosed — News-Medical News Feed
- Many cancer patients continue to smoke — Health News
Latest news from U.S. News & World Report:
- Ten Things You Didn't Know About Dick Armey
- Final Thoughts About Blue Tuesday
- Pelosi Lays Out Her Cards With Murtha Bet
- Lobbyists, PR Firms See Post-Election Boom
- Howard Dean for President
- Rove Sells Election Spin; Some in GOP Aren't Buying
- Women's Health: A Possible Link Between Red Meat and Breast Cancer
- Swallowing Pills on Schedule
- When in Doubt, Act as If...
- House Democrats Duke It Out for No. 2