Pancoast Tumour foam in the top part of lung called apex and invading the surrounding soft tissues. This type of lung cancer is difficult to treat because of its close proximity to…
Category: Types of Lung Cancer
Get to know about various types of lung cancer, symptoms, stages, treatment methods and researches. browse our site to get more information on lung cancer.
FDA Grants Approval to Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for HER2 Lung Cancer
Lung cancer patients now have another treatment option. For those tumors carrying HER2 mutations, can now be treated with trastuzumab deruxtecan. This drug is already approved for use in HER2-positive breast cancer…
Mesothelioma: Symptoms and Causes
Mesothelioma is an aggressive form of cancer that occurs in thin layer of tissue covering the majority of internal organs. It is divided into different types based on what part of Mesothelioma…
All About Squamous Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
The leading cause behind cancer related deaths is lung cancer and most of the lung cancer cases are of non-small cell lung cancer type. NSCLC occurs in about 80% to 85% and…
Open Pleural Biopsy to Remove Mesothelioma, a Type of Lung Tumor
An open pleural biopsy is a process to remove and then examine the tissue that lines the inside of chest. A cut is made to access the lung and a piece of…
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….
New Machine Learning Model to Classify Types of Lung Cancer
Over the years, machine learning has improved dramatically and has shown great improvement in image analysis. The research specialists at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center have developed a new machine learning model…
Everything You Need to Know about LungNets
What is LungNets? Lung Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a type of lung cancer and are classified into four different categories with different courses. These are an uncommon type of tumor that start…
Stage 2 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
Stage 2 non-small cell lung cancer is the stage where the tumor is present in lung and has spread to local lymph nodes but not further than that. Stage II non-small cell…
Palliative Procedures for Lung Carcinoid Tumor Symptoms
Treatments like Palliative Procedures are only done when lung cancer patient can’t have surgery; this is because patient’s lungs functioning is reduced, or have other serious medical problems, or cancer spread too…
Lung Carcinoid Tumor
Lung Carcinoid Tumor also called lung neuroendocrine tumors because it is made up of neuroendocrine cells; is a slow-growing uncommon tumor and less than 5% lung cancer patients are affected from this….
Two Types of Lung Cancer
“Bronchogenic carcinomas” is another name of lung cancer. Usually people know and hear about lung cancer stages and its complications. It’s very less that we talk about three types of lung cancer;…