The researchers at Mount Sinai have found that a simple blood test called liquid biopsy could be a better indicator of whether cancer immunotherapy will be successful for lung cancer patients than…
Category: Lung Cancer Study
Adolescent Smoking and Lung Cancer
Tobacco use and cigarette smoking remains the topmost causes behind occurrence of lung cancer. Also, smoking causes damage to almost every organ of the body including lungs, blood vessels, heart, mouth, skin,…
Imaging Approach to Detect Lung Cancer Earlier, Study Reveals
Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancers in the United States, according to the Cancers for Disease Control and Prevention. A new study has found a new way for…
Study Suggests Why Some Tobacco Smokers Don’t Get Lung Cancer
One of the major causes behind lung cancer remains smoking, yet only a minority of smokers develops this disease. A new study has been led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of…
Personalized Blood Test to Help Selection of Lung Cancer Treatment
University of Cambridge has led a study that showed that a personalized blood test performed after lung cancer treatment could help in detection of patients who are at high risk of return…
Lung Cancer Screening in Non-Smoker Women in Taiwan Associated with Overdiagnosis
A new study based on data from a National Cancer Registry in Taiwan has found that lung cancer screening may lead to overdiagnosis at the population level. The United States Preventive Services…
Study Finds Blood Tests to help Predict Lung Cancer Screenings
According to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, a blood test along with a risk model based on person’s history can more accurately find whether the person can…
Study: Lung Cancer Screenings Associated with Death Decline
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the United States and is diagnosed in more than 2lac people annually. According to a Mount Sinai study published in…