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…
Tag: Lung Cancer
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,…
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…
ICMR Set To Bring In Evidence Based Guidelines To Conduct Meta-Analyses
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is all set to launch a systematic review and meta-analyses to help in decision making for management of lung cancer to guide clinical practice and…