Low Treatment Rates Underscore Need for New SCLC Therapies
Fewer than half of patients with small-cell lung cancer undergo treatment, and even fewer patients...
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Lung Cancer
Patient-Reported Outcome-Based Symptom Management Vs Usual Care
“Compared with usual care (UC), patient-reported outcome (PRO)-based symptom management can...
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Conference Highlights: ASTRO 2019
New research was presented at ASTRO 2019, American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting,...
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Conference Highlights: AATS 2019
New research was presented at AATS 2019, The Annual Meeting of the American Association for...
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Combo Nicotine Replacement Tx Ups Success in Quitting Smoking
Higher doses of nicotine gum and patches also may increase quit rate
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Crowdsourced AI learns to target lung tumors for radiation
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – In many parts of the world there are not enough...
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Conference Highlights: AACR 2019
New research was presented at AACR 2019, American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting,...
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AACR: Pembrolizumab Beneficial for Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer
Antitumor activity promising; objective response rate 19.3 percent for patients with incurable, advanced SCLC
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Conference Highlights: AATS 2018
The Impact of EVLP Evidence suggests that ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) is increasingly being used...
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Conference Highlights: CHEST 2017
Shared Decision Making & Lung Cancer Screening Shared decision-making for lung cancer...
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Changing Behaviors in HIV-Infected Smokers
Data indicate that people living with HIV smoke tobacco at a rate that is nearly three times that...
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Deadly Lung Cancers Are Driven By Multiple Genetic Changes
A new UC San Francisco-led study challenges the dogma in oncology that most cancers are caused by...
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Three New Lung Cancer Genetic Biomarkers Identified
Both environmental and genetic risk factors contribute to development of lung cancer. Tobacco...
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Blood Test Can Predict Early Lung Cancer Prognosis
Cancer cells obtained from a blood test may be able to predict how early-stage lung cancer...
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Conference Highlights: AATS 2017
Volume Standards for Thoracic Surgeries Few studies have assessed whether or not minimum volume...
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Taking a High-Priced Cancer Drug with a Low-Fat Meal Can Cut Cost by 75%
Taking one-fourth the standard dose of a widely used drug for prostate cancer with a low-fat...
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Conference Highlights: ASCO 2016
An App to Improve Lung Cancer Survival Comparisons of standard follow-up to web-mediated follow-up...
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Low-Dose CT for Lung Cancer Screening
The American Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians recently developed a policy...
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Wanted: Older Adults in Cancer Trials
Studies have shown that older adults account for most of the cancer diagnoses and deaths that...
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Comparing Incentive-Based Smoking Cessation Programs
Smoking cessation programs that offer rewards appear to be more commonly accepted than those...
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