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11 Sep 2014 | 11:53 GMT

Turning art to science: A focus on lung cancer

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Communities Happenings, Featured, Nature Graphics, Science communication and outreach, Uncategorized

Turning art to science: A focus on lung cancer

The fine art of representing complex science in illustrations and images can often be tasking to the most adept artists and designers. First there is the brainstorming process, then the pages and pages of sketches and templates, and then the small matter of aligning those thoughts and ideas with those of the editor.  Read more

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11 Sep 2014 | 11:38 GMT

The Dominant Malignancy: Lung Cancer

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Communities Happenings, Featured, Nature Graphics, Science communication and outreach, Science policy, Uncategorized

A world of risk
Annual incidence risks of lung cancer per 100,000 people in 2012. Tobacco is the main cause of the disease, but about one-tenth of lung-cancer patients have never smoked

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality. In some countries, incidence rates are dropping but survival rates for those with the disease remain low.  Read more

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11 Sep 2014 | 10:58 GMT

The big issues affecting lung cancer worldwide

Posted by Alex Jackson | Categories: Communities Happenings, Featured, Science communication and outreach, Science policy, Uncategorized

Risk factors: Estimated causes of lung cancer in Britain, 2014. Most cases of lung cancer are attributable to smoking, and so could be prevented.

Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer – both here in the UK and globally.  Read more

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28 Nov 2011 | 14:33 GMT

Communities Happenings – 28th November

Posted by nature.com Communities Team | Categories: Communities Happenings, Events, Science calendars, SpotOn NYC (SoNYC)

Communities Happenings - 28th November

Scientific events in Boston Boston blogger, Tinker Ready, has been alerting those in the area to a jam-packed week of scientific events and you can keep updated on the latest events by checking out her calendar. This week, she will be focusing her blogging efforts on viruses and she’ll be heading over to the AIDS @ 30 event. Do let us know if you plan to attend any of these events, or if there is anything missing from the calendar. Don’t forget that we’ve also created Google Calendars for some of the other major science cities: Paris, London and Cambridge  … Read more

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