New Lung Cancer Screening Recommendation Is a Breath of Fresh Air
28/08/2015 01:00pm | 29083 viewsOne of the big healthcare related news stories this month was the announcement by CVS Caremark that it was going to stop selling cigarettes and all other tobacco products in its stores.
As the country’s largest drugstore chain in terms of overall sales, second only to Walgreen’s in number of stores, the announcement made headlines across the nation. The decision will cost the company an estimated $2 billion in annual sales, a loss the company is willing to take to strengthen its brand as a health care provider and not just a retail business.
Reducing Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening
01/07/2014 09:59pm | 8437 viewsIn this video, Dr. Dan Raz, assistant professor and Co-director of the Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology Program, and Director of the Tobacco Exposure Program at City of Hope, discusses the barriers many individuals, especially Hispanics, face with regards to lung cancer screening.
E-Cigarette Safety Called Into Question: Too Many Unknowns, No Regulation
21/05/2014 10:20am | 8655 viewsE-cigarettes seem to be everywhere these days. You’ve probably noticed Vapor stores popping up on street corners and in strip malls, advertisements and celebrity endorsements. While cities like L.A. have started banning e-cigarettes in workplaces and public spaces, it comes after explosive growth and popularity. Within three years of entering the marketplace in 2007, Bloomberg reports that e-cigarettes had grown to a $1.5 billion industry. Between 2010 and 2011, the market continued to escalate as the number of smokers trying e-cigarettes doubled, according to the CDC, from 10% to 21%.
About the Author
Dan J. Raz, M.D., joined the City of Hope's Department of Surgery’s Division of Thoracic Surgery in January 2011 as assistant professor and is the Co-director of the Lung Cancer and Thoracic Oncology Program, and Director of the Tobacco Exposure Program. Dr. Raz’s expertise lies in esophageal and lung cancer surgery. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his residency in general surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). While at UCSF, he also earned his master's degree with advanced studies in clinical research and was a research fellow in the thoracic oncology program. Most recently, he was a fellow in cardiothoracic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and spent time at both Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.