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Survival in Patients With Stage III Lung Cancer Hampered by Higher Dose of...
Compared with standard-dose (SD), high-dose radiotherapy (RT) with concurrent chemotherapy (CT) did not improve overall survival of patients with stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), results...
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Outcomes Improved by Targeting Lung Cancer Genes
A new study has suggested that lung cancer patients who received a drug designed to target a genetic dysfunction lived longer with fewer side effects than those who received traditional chemotherapy....
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Survival in Advanced Lung Cancer Extended by New Drug
Researchers have revealed that a new drug can help advanced lung cancer patients live longer and may aid in treating other kinds of cancer. If the initial results are confirmed in a Phase III study...
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Recent Research Suggests New Approach to Fight Lung Cancer
Cancer cells have a much different - and more complex - metabolism than normal cells, shows recent research. Now, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that exploiting these...
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Treatment for Women With Lung Cancer Who are Never Smokers Being Researched
Lung cancer affects around 516,000 women worldwide , of which 100,000 belong to the US alone. Until now, lung cancers occurring in women have been treated similarly to lung cancers in men. However,...
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Care of Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Improved by PET-CT
Official figures indicate that 13 percent of all newly diagnosed lung cancer patients are diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) annually. Approximately 39 percent of patients with SCLC are...
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Persistent Cough Could be a Sign of Lung Cancer
A lung cancer campaign launched in Britain in order to reduce deaths due to the condition recommends that people who have had persistent cough for three weeks or more should contact their doctor. More...
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Stage I non-small-cell lung cancer Safe and Effective
For early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) is considered the treatment of choice, if patients are inoperable because of additional medical conditions....
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RNA Diagnostic Test from Paraffin Improves Lung Cancer Diagnosis
In the era of personalized medicine, knowing what type of lung cancer a patient has is critical to determine which drug will work best and which therapies are safest. Key to making that judgment is an...
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Lung Cancer Risk Reduced by Half by Eating Raw Garlic Twice a Week
A recent study published online in Cancer Prevention Research has revealed that the risk of lung cancer can reduced by half with consuming raw garlic twice a week. Of course, moderation is the key,...
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Pattern in Lung Cancer Pathology may Predict Cancer Recurrence After...
A specific pattern found in the tumor pathology of some lung cancer patients is a strong predictor of recurrence, finds a new study by thoracic surgeons and pathologists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering...
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New Drug Target for Untreatable Form of Lung Cancer Identified
Chemical signals sent out by collagen appear to protect against cancer's growth, say researchers. Boosting those signals could act as an effective treatment for cancers that grow in the presence of...
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New Software Tool Boosts Odds of Finding Lung Cancer
Researchers said that a new software tool may help doctors eliminate mistakes when judging whether a spot that turns up on a smoker's lung scan is cancerous or not. The clinical risk assessment method...
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Lung Cancer Drug Could Aid Plight of Patients With Ectopic Pregnancy
A study suggests that women with ectopic pregnancies could be spared surgery if they are treated with a lung cancer drug. Researchers treated ectopic pregnancies - where an embryo implants inside the...
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Current Criteria for Matching Crizotinib With Lung Cancer may Exclude Some...
Researchers at University of Colorado Cancer Center suggest that physicians should reconsider the criteria used in matching lung cancer with the drug crizotinib as it could leave out some patients who...
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Japanese Researchers Identify A New Mutation Associated With Better Survival...
A mutation associated with a higher incidence of lung cancer in Japanese women who do not smoke, but better survival in lung cancer patients was identified by Japanese researchers. In a study...
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Lung Cancer Detection may Soon be Possible With a Blood Test
In what is considered a breakthrough of sorts, researchers believe they have zeroed in on a key protein and its presence in elevated levels in the blood of lung cancer victims. All it may take is a...
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Novel Study Finds FDA-approved Antidepressant may Fight Lethal Form of Lung...
A recent study has outlined the benefits of antidepressants in fighting a deadly form of lung cancer. And because the drugs have already been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use...
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Encouraging Results for New Antibody Drug in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer...
From a trial of an antibody that helps the immune system to recognise and attack cancer cells, new results have shown particularly encouraging responses in patients who are smokers or former smokers....
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PET Imaging Effective in Predicting Lung Cancer Outcomes
Advanced imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan shows great promise in predicting which patients with inoperable lung cancer have more aggressive tumors and need additional treatment...
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