Jazz Pharmaceuticals plans for removal of lurbinectedin (Zepzelca) as second-line metastatic small cell lung cancer. The decision came after the confirmatory Phase 3 Lagoon trial failed on its primary endpoint of overall…
Tag: Lung Cancer Awareness
Younger Lung Cancer Patients Have More Targetable Genetic Changes
According to a large international study led in part by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Centre part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, younger adults with non-small cell lung…
Study: Air Pollution Exposure Linked to Lung Cancer Risk
A new study published in Nature Communications, has found molecular signs of changes in the blood of people who had been exposed to air pollution. The interesting part is that these changes…
Blood Protein Signature To Predict Lung Cancer Risk Before Diagnosis
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and University College London, funded by Cancer Research UK and the European Research Council have identified a 14-protein signature in the blood that has the ability…
Study: Biological Sex Linked To Protein Changes In Lung Cancer
A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has revealed that biological sex is associated with cancer incidence, its progression and drug response. It has characterized sex differences across…
Study: Extending Lung Transplant to Stage 4 Cancer Patients
A new Northwestern Medicine study has been published in JAMA. It suggested that lung transplantation can be extended to some patients with stage 4 lung cancer. The study was conducted as a…
Roche KRAS Drug, Divarasib, Showed Strong Results in Lung Cancer Treatment
Despite various advancements in treatment, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. It is responsible for claiming lives of 1.8 million people with non-small cell lung cancer accounting for about…
Severe COVID-19 and Flu Can Raise Lung Cancer Risk
New research from UVA Health’s Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center has suggested that severe viral infections can create serious conditions in the lungs helping…