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Experimental Blood Test may be More Effective Than Biopsies in Spotting...
An experimental blood test could be more accurate than scans and invasive techniques such as biopsies in detecting early lung cancer, a new study reveals. Only about one in five patients who undergo...
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Potential New Drug for Treatment-Resistant Lung Cancer Shows Promise in...
New research suggests that the investigational drug AZD9291, a third-generation EGFR inhibitor, showed promise in preclinical studies in treating lung cancer. The drug also provides hope for patients...
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Diabetes Drug Along With Chemo and Radiation may Improve Outcomes in Lung...
Metformin along with radiation and chemotherapy may slow lung tumor growth and recurrence, suggests study. The preclinical and clinical results, which have set the stage for a first-of-its-kind...
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Lymph Nodes in Rib Cage can be Effective Tool in Treating Mesothelioma Patients
A new study presented at the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer by researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that a group of overlooked lymph nodes,...
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Gene Fusion Revealed By Fine Grained Scan of DNA In Lung Cancer Cells
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/a and the University of Colorado Cancer Center/a report in a new paper in the journal iNature Medicine/i that a fine-grained scan of DNA in lung cancer cells...
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China's Youngest Lung Cancer Case is an 8-Year-Old Girl
Media reports have indicated that an eight-year-old girl has become China's youngest lung cancer patient. Doctors have blamed pollution as the direct cause of her illness. The girl, whose name was not...
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Histone Demethylase Associated With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
One of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide is Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Current therapies that target cellular kinases have been effective for some patients. However, many...
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One in a Billion Baby Born to Lung Cancer Survivor
Victoria Taber was never into smoking, yet she was diagnosed with lung tumor in 2009. A teacher by profession and married at that time, she obviously looked forward to starting a family. With the...
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John Hopkins Researchers Find Drug Approved to Treat Lung Cancer Can Shrink...
A drug approved to treat lung cancer substantially shrank tumors in mice that were caused by a rare form of bone cancer called chordoma reveals John Hopkins researchers. Reporting in the journal iPLOS...
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Task Force Issues Final Recommendations on Lung Cancer Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a final guideline, which calls for screening high-risk populations for lung cancer. High-risk adults between the ages of 55 and 80 should receive...
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Lung Cancer Rates Falling in the US
The efforts to control smoking and tobacco use in the US seem to have paid off, and the lung cancer rates are now falling, a new research revealed. The decline affects both men and women, said data...
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Therapies Targeting Molecular Profile of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Most...
Therapies that target the molecular profile of non-small-cell lung cancer with the mutated cancer-causing protein KRas have been found to be the most effective treatment strategy for patients with the...
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Lung Cancer Detection Becomes Easier, an Exhaled Breath may Do It All!
A new study found how certain compounds found in exhaled breath may be helpful in diagnosing lung cancer in its early stages. The discovery was made when Michael Bousamra, MD and researchers from the...
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Antioxidants Speed Lung Cancer Growth in Mice Suggests Research
People who smoke or have lung cancer should think twice about taking vitamin supplements, suggests a Swedish study that showed certain antioxidants may make tumors grow faster. Lab mice that already...
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Pollution Increasing Lung Cancer in Indian Women, Reveals Report
Oncologists say lung cancer is on the rise among Indian women and the foremost reason is environmental pollution. India has just slipped 32 ranks in the global Environment Performance Index (EPI) to a...
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New Protein Involved in Lung Cancer Identified by Scientists
A new protein that is involved in cancer and inflammation in lung tissue has been discovered by scientists from The University of Manchester, which is a part of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre...
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Normal Cells May be Harbingers of Lung Cancer
A new study has found how seemingly healthy cells may hide the clues that lung cancer may develop later. Examination of gene expression in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) showed the...
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New Drug Shows Promise in Rare Lung Cancer
Ceritinib appears to be effective against advanced ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), find researchers. The results of a phase 1 clinical trial conducted at centers in 11 countries are...
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Experts Say Treat Sexual Problems in Lung Cancer Patients on Priority
Physicians must pay more attention on how lung cancer patients suffer difficulties with sexual expression and intimacy, urge health experts. "It is time that doctors and scientists paid more attention...
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