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Americans of Pacific Island Ethnicity Have Up to Triple the Rate of Cancer Deaths
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander people have cancer death rates that are two to three times higher than they are in whites, new data shows. The first-of-its-kind...
Adjuvant Alectinib Improves Disease-Free Survival in Lung Cancer
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 – Adjuvant alectinib improves disease-free survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy among patients with resected ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),...
Household Radon Can Lead to Lung Cancer -- Has Your Home Been Tested?
THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 – Kentucky resident Chasity Harney embraced a thoroughly healthy lifestyle – eating right, exercising and never touching tobacco. So, her 2018 diagnosis of advanced lung...
Today's Young Adults Are Aging Faster, and That Might Help Spur Cancers
MONDAY, April 8, 2024 – Younger generations are aging more rapidly, and this could be leading to an increased risk of cancer, a new study says. People born in or after 1965 are 17% more likely to be...
Cancer Cases Set to Soar 77% by 2050, Thanks to Aging Population
FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 – As the world's population ages, a new report warns that the number of people with cancer could climb 77% by 2050. In the report, published Thursday in the journal CA: A ...
Doctor Gets First U.S. Lung-Liver Transplant for Advanced Lung Cancer
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 – Dr. Gary Gibbon didn’t have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs a...
Eligibility for Lung Cancer Screening Up With 2021 USPSTF Recommendations
FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 – Expanded U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria for lung cancer screening (LCS) in 2021 have resulted in a 65.9 percent increase in the number of eligible...
Radon a Bigger Threat to Rural Homes
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – Rural homeowners face a greater threat from odorless, radioactive radon gas than people living in urban areas, and it's likely due to the wells they rely on for their...
Tislelizumab Plus Chemotherapy Beneficial for Resectable NSCLC
FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 – For patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), neoadjuvant tislelizumab (TIS) plus chemotherapy with adjuvant TIS yields significant benefit in terms of...
High-Frequency Jet Ventilation Seems Safe for Lung Ablation
MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 – For percutaneous lung ablation, high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) under general anesthesia seems as safe as spontaneous respiration (SR) under moderate sedation, with...
Age-Adjusted Cancer Mortality Rates Decreased From 2000 to 2020
THURSDAY, Jan. 18, 2024 – From 2000 to 2020, U.S. age-adjusted cancer mortality rates decreased significantly, but racial and ethnic disparities persisted for certain cancers, according to a...
How Obamacare Boosted Lung Cancer Survival
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 – As more Americans with lung cancer gained access to quality care after passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), their post-surgical survival rates rose, new data shows. The...
Chemoradiation With SABR Boost Safe, Effective for Advanced Lung Cancer
TUESDAY, Jan. 16, 2024 – Chemoradiation with an adaptive stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) boost is safe and effective for patients with locally advanced, unresectable non–small cell lung c...
Treatment Approach Effective When Surgery Not an Option for Lung Cancer
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 – Lung cancer patients who are unsuitable candidates for surgery may have a new, effective treatment option, researchers report. In a small study – just 28 patients --...
U.S. Teen Smoking Rates Have Plummeted, With Less Than 1% Now Daily Smokers
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10, 2024 – The number of American teens who smoke or have even tried smoking has dropped dramatically compared to a generation ago, with less than 1% now saying they light up...
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