Cancer patients who quit smoking within six months of diagnosis significantly improve their survival chances, according to a new study from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
The best outcomes occurred in patients who quit within six months of their cancer diagnosis and remained off the butts for at least three months, researchers reported Oct. 31 in the journal JAMA ...
For the study, researchers followed more than 4,500 smokers who had been diagnosed with cancer and were in a quit smoking program at MD Anderson. Nearly all of the quit support was provided via ...