Latest Researches in Lung Cancer: Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November is celebrated as Lung Cancer Awareness Month all over the world. The purpose is to raise awareness about this disease and help people to successfully survive. The treatment options available for lung cancer patients are improving at a rapid pace. In past few years, various researches and studies have been conducted to come at some significant [...]
Quit Smoking This November: Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer related deaths across the world. The key to survival is the early detection of the disease. The aim is to make more and more [...]
Some Blood Pressure Medications Are Linked To Lung Cancer Risk
Hypertension medications are used to lower blood pressure levels. But, according to a new report, some of the widely prescribed drugs for high blood pressure could be [...]
Research: Monitoring the Effect of Nivolumab in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Researchers all over the world are dedicatedly working towards improving survival rates of lung cancer patients. Now, the researchers from Osaka University have found a new [...]
Research: New Blood Test May Detect Early Stage Lung Cancer
In most cases, non small cell lung carcinoma becomes incurable as it is not diagnosed until reached an advanced level. At the later stages of lung cancer, it gets difficult to [...]
Research: Grape Constituent Could Cure Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases with which the whole world is fighting. Researchers have found that one of the compounds found in grape, Resveratrol, could [...]
5 Important Facts About Lung Cancer You Must Know
Lung cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the Lungs. The lungs are part of the respiratory system, being two spongy tissues in the chest that take in oxygen and release [...]
Artificial Intelligence to Determine Lung Cancer Type
Research works in the area of lung cancer continues to bring new innovations. These days, the role of artificial intelligence is in full swing and it is now working to [...]
Together Against Nancy’s Cancer
John Mason shares a fundraising link of his mother Nancy Mason lung cancer at Facebook page. His mother story is as follows on his own words:
My mother is a 70-year-old woman [...]
Drug: Tagrisso (Osimertinib) to Treat NSCLC
Osimertinib or Tagrisso is an FDA-approved drug by FDA as a frontline treatment for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is indicated for the first-line lung [...]
Treatment of Stage 3 Lung Cancer
Most cases of stage 3 lung cancer are treated with combinations of radiation therapy, chemotherapy or may be surgery as well. At Stage 3, the tumor may be difficult and gets [...]
Women with Lung Cancer may Experience Early Menopause due to Chemotherapy
The rate of lung cancer diagnoses in men has been decreasing but it has risen in women. Lung cancer even surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in US [...]
Research: Scientists Discover New Drug Target for Lung Cancer
A group of researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) cells containing high amounts of protein called BCL11A. LUSC occurs [...]
Lobectomy: Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
What is Lobectomy?
Lungs have sections called lobes, with right lung having 3 lobes and left has 2 lobes. Lobectomy is a surgical procedure to remove one of the lobes of the [...]
Drug: Nivolumab to Treat NSCLC
About Nivolumab
Nivolumab or Opdivo is a prescription drug used for the treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer. It is given to those patients where lung cancer has [...]