Roy S. Herbst received an award of appreciation by the SWOG Cancer Research Network for his passion, commitment, leadership, and enduring dedicated service to the ground-breaking Lung-MAP protocol. The award was given at a commemorative dinner during the SWOG Annual Meeting.
Smokers with myelodysplastic syndromes or a precursor condition had elevated levels of genetic mutations linked to the disease, a new study shows. The study also found that heavier smokers accumulated more mutations, and long-term smokers were more likely to show disease progression.
