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Radon:
A story of radon-related lung cancer in Minnesota was publicized to thousands of viewers via media followed by the Minnesota-legislature passing a law that required radon-resistant construction in all new homes. Similar legislation was passed in Illinois.
Pennsylvania can adopt a similar stance preceding the legislation with widespread publicity in order to educate the public about the matter. Steps should also be taken regarding considering implementing this radon construction in all homes across the state. More constructive may be the idea of devising an instrument that can detect radon in homes or identify homes that may be more susceptible to radon. It may be the building materials of the home itself or their easy access to radon or penetrability factor. Lowering costs so that all people can afford this and devising cost-effective methods may be a profitable idea for scientists, law-makers and relevant others in Pennsylvania to involve themselves in (Radon News http://state-radon.info/news/article_1532.html). At the moment, as the Pennsylvania Radon News, relatively few people are aware of the problem and the best they can do (which is what they are doing) is to recommend people to clean the air inside their home and to take greeter care in regards to environmental protection.
Smoking
Aside from the PA hotline and Free Smoking Program as well as numerous toehr free and high-quality smoking programs instituted in each medical institution, such as the Comprehensive Smoking Treatment Program for people who need help to quit smoking (Penn Lung Center), Pennsylvania Department of Health has also opened its own unit of Division of Tobacco Prevention and Control. Its goals include educating the public regarding the destructiveness of smoking, decreasing incidence of smoke, and protecting innocent others from second-hand smoke. It is doing this by:
Expanding the science base of tobacco control.
Conducting tobacco control programs.
Communicating information to constituents and the public.
Facilitating intensive action with and among stakeholders concerned with dealing with the problem (such as the state's hospital, rehab. Centers and so forth).
Pennsylvania has also implemented the first statewide comprehensive tobacco-use prevention program which includes...
(Pennsylvania Department of Health.)
Since it is crucial that lung cancer be detected in the first few months for patient to survive, and since as Gold et al. (2011) point out, lung cancer is usually discovered through a different indication and confident diagnosis of problem can take many months, sometimes years, it is important that a method be found that quickens the diagnosing procedure. Researchers propose 'reverse migration', namely structuring cancer prevention programs and methods that are used once cancer has been found to the stages before it has been found. Also personalizing these interventions and concepts so that lung cancer can be caught in its earliest of stages. (Gold et al. (2011). The BATTLE to Personalize Lung Cancer Prevention through Reverse Migration Cancer Prev Res July 2011 4; 962
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Gold et al. (2011). The BATTLE to Personalize Lung Cancer Prevention through Reverse Migration Cancer Prev Res July 2011 4; 962
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute of Pennsylvania http://www.wmh.org/dashboard/articleImages/Cancer%20in%20NEPA%202011.pdf)
Penn Lung Center http://www.pennmedicine.org/lung/services/smoking.html
Penn Medicine. http://www.penncancer.org/patients/cancer-types/lung-cancers-related-disorders/about-lung-cancer/
Pennsylvania Department of Health. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/smoke_free/14315/tobacco_prevention_and_control_programs_home/557661
Pennsylvania Radon News reports http://pa-radon.info/PA_radon_news.html
Turner, MC et al. (2011) Radon and lung cancer in the American Cancer Society Cohort Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev March 2011 20; 438
U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. (2010). United States Cancer Statistics: 1999 -- 2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer InstituteAvailable at:
http://www.cdc.gov/uscs.
Vachani, GA et al. (2011) Gene Therapy for Lung Neoplasms. Theclinics.com http://www.chestmed.theclinics.com/article/S0272-5231(11)00081-5/abstract
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Gold et al. (2011). The BATTLE to Personalize Lung Cancer Prevention through Reverse Migration Cancer Prev Res July 2011 4; 962
Northeast Regional Cancer Institute of Pennsylvania http://www.wmh.org/dashboard/articleImages/Cancer%20in%20NEPA%202011.pdf)
Penn Lung Center http://www.pennmedicine.org/lung/services/smoking.html
Penn Medicine. http://www.penncancer.org/patients/cancer-types/lung-cancers-related-disorders/about-lung-cancer/
Pennsylvania Department of Health. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/smoke_free/14315/tobacco_prevention_and_control_programs_home/557661
Pennsylvania Radon News reports http://pa-radon.info/PA_radon_news.html
http://www.cdc.gov/uscs.
Vachani, GA et al. (2011) Gene Therapy for Lung Neoplasms. Theclinics.com http://www.chestmed.theclinics.com/article/S0272-5231(11)00081-5/abstract
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