Author: Lung Cancer
Benefits of Lung Cancer Screening Across Socioeconomic Groups
A new research indicates that people from socioeconomic groups benefit from low-dose CT screening for lung cancer survival. Professor Stephen Duffy from the [...]
FDA Grants Approval to Amgen’s Treatment for deadly form of Lung Cancer
Every year, about 35k Americans are diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and the cancer usually has spread beyong the lung by the time it gets detected. The [...]
Understanding Lung Cancer Gene Mutations
Typically, lung cancer is not an inherited disease. It is caused by smoking, long-term exposure to radon or other chemicals in their environment for most of [...]
Understanding TIL Therapy for Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths all around the world. Although there are various advanced treatment options and several approaches, [...]
An Overview of Platinum-based Chemotherapy for Lung Cancer
Chemotherapy is one of the most common forms of cancers treatments. The medication aims at destroying cancer cells. Platinum-based chemotherapy drugs are used [...]
Roche’s Genentech Gets FDA Approval for Lung Cancer Treatment
Genetech, a member of the Roche Group, had announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Alecensa (alectinib) for adjuvant treatment of [...]
Radon Gas Exposure Could be Linked to Rise in Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer has always been linked to smokers. However, there has been tremendous rise of this deadly disease among non-smokers as well. According to a new [...]
Lung Cancer Rates Not Declining With Reduced Smoking
In Sweden, the number of people who smoke has decreased very sharply but the number of lung cancer cases in the population is not decreasing as much as [...]
ICMR Set To Bring In Evidence Based Guidelines To Conduct Meta-Analyses
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is all set to launch a systematic review and meta-analyses to help in decision making for management of lung [...]
World’s First Lung Cancer Vaccine is Being Developed by UK Researchers
Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancers all around the world including Britain. Every year, around 50,000 cases and 35,000 deaths of patients with lung [...]
New Deep Learning Tool To Predict Brain Metastasis In Lung Cancer Patients
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 [...]
Lung Cancer Rates Increasing Among Asian American Non-Smoking Women
Lung cancer is a rising concern among men and women all around the world. In the recent times, it has been found that lung cancer rates are dropping for every [...]