The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a 10mg/mL solution for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR exon 19 deletions or exon 21 mutations….
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Alunbrig Gets FDA Approval for Frontline ALK-Positive Lung Cancer Patients
FDA has approved Alunbrig or Brigatinib for first-line treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, as detected by FDA-approved test. This approval has been based on phase III ALTA-1L trial….
U.S. FDA Gives Nod To Bristol-Myers Combo Therapy For Lung Cancer
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for about 85% of lung cancer cases. Lung cancer patients in advanced stages of the disease have received a new first-line treatment option. The U.S. Food…
FDA Approves Tabrecta, First Targeted Therapy for NSCLC
The FDA has approved Tabrecta, Novartis for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that has spread to other parts of the body. NSCLC is the most common type of lung…
Tackling Coronavirus during Lung Cancer Treatment
At the end of year 2019, a novel coronavirus was identified in Wuhan, a city in the Hubei Province of China. It spread rapidly and resulted in an increasing number of cases…
What to Consider Before Getting A Lung Cancer on Marijuana Medication?
Lung cancer is one of the major causes of death, particularly in the US. It has been found that more people die because of it as compared to other types of cancers….
Yale Cancer Center Study Shows Long-Term Survival Benefits for Lung Cancer Patients
As per the global study led by Yale Cancer Center, a tiny amount of biomarker known as PD-L1 can predict long-term survival benefits from pembrolizumab. Pembrolizumab (Keytruda) is one of the first…
Obesity May Boost Effectiveness of Lung Cancer Treatment, According to Study
The latest study in the field of lung cancer has revealed that an immune system-based treatment for lung cancer, worked better in people who were overweight in some trials. In the medical…
Nintedanib for Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer
November is recognized as Lung Cancer Awareness Month all over the world. New and advanced researches continue to work in the arena of lung cancer treatment. The University of Barcelona and Hospital…
Non-Toxic Nanoscale Treatment Promises Efficient Lung Cancer Treatment
Lung Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases all around the world. No country has been escaped from it. Scientists have been working towards finding new and effective lung cancer treatments….
New Study Could Help in Personalizing Lung Cancer Treatment
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have used highly sophisticated molecular analyzes for the purpose of identifying key proteins that signal pathways which lung cancer uses to spread in the body. The…
Researchers Link Genetic Mutations to Improved Outcomes in Lung Cancer Patients
Researchers have presented new findings related to lung cancer at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) conference in Barcelona, Spain. These new findings by Yale Cancer Center scientists have found that…