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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 --...
Lung Cancer CT Screening Can Save Lives, But Study Finds Downsides
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 2024 – Numerous studies have confirmed that annual lung cancer screening using CT scans does save lives. However, new data has emerged showing that scans often pick up...
AI Could Predict a Nonsmoker's Risk for Lung Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22, 2023 – Artificial intelligence (AI) can help assess lung cancer risk in nonsmokers, a new study shows. The “CXR-Lung-Risk” AI program evaluates routine chest X-ray images, loo...
Study Identifies Familial Germline EGFR T790M Variant in Lung Cancer
FRIDAY, Nov. 17, 2023 – A new familial lung cancer caused by an inherited mutation in EGFR has been described in a study published online Oct. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Geoffrey R....
Rate of New Lung Cancer Cases Has Decreased Over Last Five Years
TUESDAY, Nov. 14, 2023 – The rate of new lung cancer cases has decreased and survival has improved over the last five years, according to the State of Lung Cancer 2023 report published Nov. 14 by...
2023 Guidelines Update Eligibility for Lung Cancer Screening
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 – In a guideline update issued by the American Cancer Society and published online Nov. 1 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, the authors recommend increasing eligibility...
CT Screening Greatly Boosts Lung Cancer Survival: Study
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8, 2023 – For smokers and former smokers, getting annual CT scans of the chest to catch lung cancers early dramatically improves survival, new research shows. Many people may believe...
Experts Widen Criteria for Those Who Should Get Lung Cancer Screening
THURSDAY, Nov. 2, 2023 – The American Cancer Society has expanded its recommendations for who should get lung cancer screening. The updated guidance now says annual screening should start at a...
PLCOm2012 Models Have High Sensitivity for Lung Cancer
TUESDAY, Oct. 10, 2023 – Two versions of the PLCOm2012 riskâprediction model (based on the 2012 Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian [PLCO] Cancer Screening Trial), with and without a predictor f...
'Liquid Biopsy' Could Help Guide Lung Cancer Treatment
MONDAY, Oct. 9, 2023 – For a subset of patients with advanced lung cancer, radiation therapy can sometimes substantially extend their lives. Now a new study hints that a blood test could be used to...
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