Post Views: 147 The researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have conducted a research and their findings are published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of American Association for Cancer Research. Their research…
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Use of Biomarker Tests for Lung Cancer Patients Shows Wide Variation
Post Views: 206 A new study from Netherlands has shown that biomarker testing to predict treatment response in non-small cell lung cancer varied widely in terms of costs and tests involved. The…
Non-Smoking Lung Cancer Patients May Respond Differently to Treatment
Post Views: 398 Although smoking remains the main cause of lung cancer for most of the patients but there are other factors as well which may cause lung cancer. Non-smokers are also…
Lung Cancer Patients May Face Risk of Death from COVID-19
Post Views: 346 The continuous fear of COVID-19 is on the rise. With more and more people getting trapped in this pandemic, it also offers risk to those who already have health…
Challenges for Lung Cancer Patients amid COVID 19
Post Views: 454 Coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID 19, has rapidly evolved into a worldwide pandemic. It has become a public health emergency of international concern. Irrespective of the medical history, everyone…
New Hope for Lung Cancer Patients with FDA Approval of Gefitinib
Post Views: 1,505 In July 15, the U. S. Food and Drug (FDA) Administration approved IRESSA (gefitinib) for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors…
New Deep Learning Tool To Predict Brain Metastasis In Lung Cancer Patients
Post Views: 75 Lung cancer is the leading cause of deaths from cancers worldwide. Most lung cancers are characterized as non-small cell lung cancer and about 30% of patients progress to advanced…
Novel Approach Using Patients Own Cells As Trojan Horse To Combat Lung Cancer
Post Views: 92 Lung cancer is by far the deadliest form of cancers all around the world. Although there are various treatments available like chemotherapy, surgery, radiation therapy etc., but still lung…
Older Age Lung Cancer Patients
Post Views: 108 This is a fact accepted worldwide with evidences that lung cancer is old age disease. Lung cancer patients more then 50% are diagnosed after the age of 65, while…
Lung Cancer Treatment May Impact Daily Function in Elderly Patients
Post Views: 231 According to the new research published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, older adults with lung cancer may experience decline in life-space mobility during lung cancer treatment. The…
Researchers Find Potential Marker for Success in Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer Patients
Post Views: 112 Lung Cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancer and smoking remains the main cause behind this deadly disease. As far as the treatment options for lung cancer…
Managing Shortness of Breath among Lung Cancer Patients
Post Views: 165 Shortness of breath, also called dyspnea, is common with lung cancer patients and it often gets worse with advancement of disease. This trouble in breathing may be caused by…