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Lung Cancer Rates are Rising in Young Women Across Multiple Countries: Study
In young adults in 40 countries across five continents, a trend of higher lung cancer rates in women compared with men in recent years has been uncovered. The findings of the study have been published...
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Combined Drug Treatment for Lung Cancer and Minor Tumors
In 20 - 40% of patients with cancer, metastasis (the development of secondary tumors) in the central nervous system (CNS) occurs. CNS metastatis impacts negatively on a patient's quality of life, and...
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Lung Cancer Screening Saves Lives
In January 2020, the American Cancer Society reported the largest one-year drop in cancer mortality, a reduction of 2.2% from 2016 to 2017.1 The decline in lung cancer deaths drove the record drop,...
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Protein Involved in Progression of Lung Cancer (and) Melanoma Identified
WDR74 protein plays an essential role in lung cancer and melanoma primary tumors/metastases progression, reveals a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iOncogene/i. During...
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New Technology Lights Up Lung Cancer Cells
A new and groundbreaking tumor-highlighting technology, OTL38 was found to enhance the visualization of lung cancer tissue, providing surgeons with a significantly better chance of finding and...
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Leukemia Drugs Could Treat Resistant Lung Cancer
Two leukemia drugs could be used against treatment-resistant lung cancer, with a clinical trial expected to launch in Toronto and Zagreb, Croatia, later this year to evaluate one of them. The journal...
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Combining Smoking Cessation with Lung Cancer Screening can Decrease Mortality
Including smoking cessation along with existing lung cancer screening efforts could decrease lung cancer death by 14 percent and boost life-years gained by 81 percent compared with screening alone,...
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AI may Predict Responses to Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Systemic Therapies
Using standard-of-care computed tomography (CT) scans in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a new study utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to train algorithms to predict...
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Medication to Treat Lung Cancer may Improve Outcomes of Metastatic Brain Cancer
Medication used to treat non-small cell lung cancer that has metastasized, may benefit patients with metastatic brain cancers, according to a new review and analysis led by researchers at St....
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Simple Urine Test Help Detect Lung Cancer
A simple urine test can help detect the presence of proteins associated with lung cancer, said MIT researchers. This kind of noninvasive test could reduce the number of false positives and help detect...
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COPD Associated With Lung Cancer Risk
In people who have never smoked, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, stated research published in the journal Thorax. The risk is on a par...
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Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines During COVID-19
New study guides clinicians on managing lung cancer screening programs and patients with lung nodules during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of the study are published in the journal iRadiology:...
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Durvalumab Combo Improved Survival in Mesothelioma
PrECOG, LLC is reporting clinical efficacy and biomarker analyses of the trial in which durvalumab, an immune checkpoint antibody targeting PD-L1, is added to pemetrexed and cisplatin (Pem-Cis), the...
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Lung Cancer in Non-smokers Likely to Respond Differently to Treatment, Says...
Lung cancer in non-smokers was found to be a biologically distinct disease from that in smokers, revealed new study. Scientists studied a population in Taiwan with high rates of lung cancer among...
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Lethal Delivery of Drugs Using Smart Nanoparticles Brings New Hope to Lung...
bHighlights :/bul class="group-list punch-points"liSmart nanoparticles engineered to travel through lung tumor blood vessels and deliver drugs specifically/liliReduced side effects and increased...
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Dual Immunotherapy for Treatment of Mesothelioma Patients
Combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab improved overall survival of patients with unresectable malignant pleural mesothelioma compared to platinum-based chemotherapy, according to a study. The...
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Lung Cancer Mortality Rate: New Findings
In the United States in recent years, mortality rates from the most common lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), have fallen sharply, due primarily to recent advances in treatment, said new...
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NK Immune Cells: Best Weapon Against Lung Cancer
Natural killer (NK) immune cells were found to be a powerful weapon for fighting lung cancer, according to Australian researchers. Studying preclinical and patient samples of small cell lung cancer...
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Novel Diagnostic Therapy can Detect Lung Cancer at Early Stage
Experts may soon find a solution to detect lung cancer earlier as they developed a new diagnostic therapy paving the way for personalized medicine, reports the Ministry of Science and Technology. The...
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Proton Therapy for Lung Cancer may Help Decrease Heart Disease Risk
Proton therapy may help reduce the risk of radiation-induced heart diseases for lung cancer patients, finds a new study. The findings of the study are presented at the American Society for Radiation...
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