Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among both men and women. It broadly splits into NSCLC and small cell lung cancer. Osimertinib (Tagrisso) in combination with pemetrexed and platinum-containing…
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Researchers Find How Precision Radiation Therapy Supports In Lung Cancer Treatment
A recent study has been conducted by the researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre and the results of which were published in JAMA Oncology. According to this study,…
Researchers Say Honeybees Can Detect Lung Cancer
According to Michigan State University researchers, honeybees may be able to develop a new form of cancer screening. Honeybees can detect chemicals associated with lung cancer in human breath. In their study,…
Early Detection Of Lung Cancer With AI-Powered Liquid Biopsy
According to the World Health Organization, lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancers in the United States and worldwide. One of the easy ways to early detect it, is yearly screening…
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 Wolfson Institute of Population Health and colleagues 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 Food and Drug Administration…
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 the patients. But, this exposure leads…
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, the survival rate remains low. Here, in this…
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 to treat various cancer types such as lung, breast,…
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 patients with early stage, anaplastiv lymphoma kinase-positive non-small…
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 study, long term and high exposure…
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 expected. In fact, lung…