Gemcitabine, US brand name Gemzar, is an anti-cancer chemotherapy drug and belongs to the class of drugs known as antimetabolite. Antimetabolites are cell-cycle specific and they attack at specific phases in the…
Drug: Docetaxel (Taxotere) to Treat NSCLC
Docataxel or Taxotere is a medication that works to interfere with cell division. Approved by FDA, it is used in treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer. It has shown promising single-agent activity in…
Drug: Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel (nab-paclitaxel, Abraxane) to treat NSCLC
What is Abraxane? Abraxane is an anti-cancer chemotherapy drug and is used to treat non-small-cell lung cancer. It is also used to treat breast cancer and pancreas cancer. Paclitaxel works to destroy…
Drug: Paclitaxel (Taxol) To Treat NSCLC
Paclitaxel is an anti-cancer chemotherapy drug and is used in treatment of non-small lung cancer. Paclitaxel is also known by its original brand name, Taxol. It is also used in treatment of…
Drug: Carboplatin to Treat NSCLC
Carboplatin is an anticancer chemotherapy drug used to treat non-small-cell lung cancer. This chemotherapy drug contains platinum and is used alone or in combination with other medications to slow down the cancer…
Drug: Cisplatin to Treat NSCLC
About Cisplatin Cisplatin is an anti-cancer chemotherapy drug and is classified as an “alkylating agent.” It is used alone or in combination of other medications to slow the growth rate of cancer…
Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer is among the common types of cancer globally. It is responsible for nearly one in five cancer-related death or an estimated 1.6 million people. There are two major types of…
Third-Line Treatment for Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is not only developed on smokers or people who comes under regular contact of radon gases; but it also happen in other people. Smoking is a major cause of cancer…
Second-Line Treatment for Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer a dangerous disease but curable with proper guidance. As you regularly reading about lung cancer in this blogs previous posts, also you read about systemic therapy in “Systemic Therapy for…
First-Line Treatment for Lung Cancer
Lung cancer a dangerous disease, everybody get scared of this disease. Due to lack of knowledge about its treatment people lose hope, while they got diagnosed by lung cancer; but there are…
Lung Cancer In Pregnant Women
It is rare that pregnant women have lung cancer, but there may be a chance of having lung cancer during pregnancy. It occurs only in 1 out of 1000 pregnant women. It…
Red and Processed Meat Can Cause Cancer According to WHO
Lung cancer is mainly caused by asbestos or smoking cigarette, but you don’t know that red meat or processed meat can also cause lung cancer. According to International Agency for Research on…