Links Related to Lung Cancer

General Information

• Lung Cancer (National Cancer Institute [NCI])
• What You Need to Know About Lung Cancer (NCI)
• NIH Senior Health: Lung Cancer (National Institutes of Health [NIH])
• Lung Cancer (Medline Plus)

Smoking and Tobacco Use

• Surgeon General's Reports on Smoking and Tobacco Use (CDC)
• Smoking and Tobacco Use (CDC)

Other Risk Factors

• Secondhand Smoke (CDC)
• Secondhand Smoke and Cancer (NCI)
• Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking (Environmental Protection Agency [EPA])
• 2006 Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (CDC)
• Protecting People and Families from Radon: A Federal Action Plan for Saving Lives [PDF-239KB] (EPA)
• Health Risks: Exposure to Radon Causes Lung Cancer in Non-Smokers and Smokers Alike (EPA)
• Asbestos Exposure and Cancer Risk (NCI)
• Asbestos (EPA)

Help to Quit Smoking

• Quit Smoking (CDC)
• Smoke Free
• Smoking: It's Never Too Late to Stop (National Institute on Aging)

Clinical Trials

• Search for Clinical Trials (NCI)
• Lung Cancer Trial Results (NCI)
• Clinical Trials (NIH)
• Clinical Trials (American Cancer Society [ACS])

Screening and Testing

• Lung Cancer Screening (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force)
• Screening and Testing to Detect Lung Cancer (NCI)
• Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO) (NCI)
• National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) (NCI)

Prevention and Control

• Best Practices for Effective Tobacco Control Programs (CDC)
• Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence (Office of the Surgeon General)
• Tobacco Use (Guide to Community Preventive Services)
• Tobacco Control: 5 Steps to Effective Cancer Control Planning (Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T.)
• Tobacco Intervention Programs (NCI)

Other

• The Tobacco Atlas, Third Edition (ACS)
  The Tobacco Atlas provides the latest information on the global tobacco pandemic, including information on disease and death associated with tobacco, and how tobacco control advocates worldwide are implementing measures to reduce tobacco's harmful effects.
• Asian and Pacific Islander Cancer Education Materials Web Tool (APICEM) (ACS)
  The APICEM is designed to help Asians and Pacific Islanders with limited English-speaking abilities gain access to information on how to reduce their risks of preventable malignancies, including cancers of the breast, cervix, colon, liver, lung, and stomach.