Posts Tagged ‘Lung cancer’

Cancer in transplanted lung

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

sad story..

Could this be negligence, I guess not. I dont like the way media is handling this situation blaming NHS and doctors.

more from UK press association

A British soldier died after he was given a pair of cancerous lungs in a transplant.

Cpl Matthew Millington, 31, had the transplant after he fell seriously ill.

But less than a year later the soldier, from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, died after it transpired he had been given cancerous lungs from a donor who had smoked.

An inquest last week heard he died of complications of transplant surgery and immuno-suppressive drug treatment, it has been reported.

Cuba approves Lung cancer vaccine CimaVax EGF

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

Cuban scientists said on Tuesday the first vaccine to extend lives of lung cancer patients has been approved by Cuban authorities for use and is available in the island’s hospitals.

The drug, CimaVax EGF, has been shown to increase survival rates on average four to five months and much longer in some patients, they said in a news conference at Cuba’s Center of Molecular Immunology.