You are here : health.am > Cancer Health Center > Lung Cancer news Lung Cancer news More signs lung cancer screening could save lives • Lung Cancer news • Dec 29 10 More research is suggesting that heavy smokers may benefit from screening for lung cancer, to detect tumors in their earliest stages. A new study finds that regular smokers who… Lung cancer screen: a license to smoke? • Lung Cancer news • Dec 18 10 Dutch researchers have found that men who screen negative for lung cancer are a bit less likely to try to quit smoking than men whose scan is inconclusive and requires… Eating a variety of fruit cuts lung cancer risk • Lung Cancer news • Nov 22 10 Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables per day is one of the means that experts most frequently recommend for preventing cancer. Now, the European EPIC study carried… Proton Therapy Safe, Effective for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Patients • Lung Cancer news • Oct 19 10 Proton beam therapy is safe and effective and may be superior to other conventional treatments for Stage I inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, according to a… Study reveals cancer-linked epigenetic effects of smoking • Lung Cancer news • • Cancer news • Oct 10 10 For the first time, UK scientists have reported direct evidence that taking up smoking results in epigenetic changes associated with the development of cancer. The results were reported at the… New targeted therapy adds benefit to erlotinib in some patients with advanced lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • Oct 10 10 A subset of lung cancer patients seem to live longer and experience delays in disease progression when a new drug that targets a… Race Not Root of Disparity in Lung Cancer Between Whites and Blacks • Lung Cancer news • Oct 04 10 Race itself was not a prognostic factor of overall survival among black patients with lung cancer, according to data from a retrospective study presented at… New lung cancer research finds half of advanced lung cancer patients receive chemotherapy • Lung Cancer news • Oct 01 10 For the first time to date, research published in the October edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO) sought to determine the use… TRUST study data confirms safety and efficacy of erlotinib for advanced lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • Oct 01 10 Featured in the October edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO), data from The Tarceva Lung Cancer Survival Treatment (TRUST) confirms the safety… Lung cancer culprit could offer target for therapy, UT Southwestern researchers report • Lung Cancer news • Sep 13 10 A tiny molecule that spurs the progression of non-small-cell lung cancer could become a player in fighting the disease, say researchers at UT Southwestern Medical… Micro-RNA determines malignancy of lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • Sep 08 10 Cancer becomes life-threatening when tumor cells start leaving their primary site. They travel through the lymph and blood streams to other tissues where they grow into metastases. This transition to malignancy… Tumor budding identified as predictor for unfavorable outcome in lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • Sep 01 10 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and the prognosis is generally poor, even if surgery is successful. Furthermore, the incidence of one… Estrogen-only therapy may not up lung cancer deaths • Lung Cancer news • Aug 16 10 Women who use estrogen-only hormone replacement therapy don’t appear to be at increased risk of dying from lung cancer. That’s according to a new analysis of earlier data from… Faster Tracking of Lung Tumors May Help Treatment • Lung Cancer news • Jul 20 10 Today, at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Philadelphia, a group of researchers from Stanford University will describe the latest developments… New lung cancer drug shows dramatic results for shrinking tumors • Lung Cancer news • Jun 22 10 Patients with a specific kind of lung cancer may benefit from a Phase III clinical trial offered by the Moores UCSD Cancer Center. The new drug, crizotinib,… Nutrients may be why some smokers avoid cancer • Lung Cancer news • Jun 16 10 Smokers who have higher levels of vitamin B6 and certain essential proteins in their blood have a lower risk of getting lung cancer than those deficient in these nutrients,… Study Helps Explain Why Black Patients with Lung Cancer Have Surgery Less Often than Whites • Lung Cancer news • Jun 16 10 A new study led by UNC researchers that looks at newly diagnosed lung cancer patients and follows them from diagnosis forward is… Lung cancer research concludes that early diagnosis as key for improving survival • Lung Cancer news • Jun 15 10 Research published in the June edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology sought to investigate the time trends of surgical outcomes of patients with non-small… Drug fights tumors in advanced lung cancer • Lung Cancer news • Jun 08 10 A drug being developed by Pfizer Inc shrank lung cancer tumors in more than half of treated patients, and nearly all showed some benefit, U.S. researchers said on Saturday. The… Inhaled drug may prevent lung cancer: study • Lung Cancer news • May 19 10 A drug approved to treat a range of conditions may also work to prevent lung cancer in people who have given up smoking, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. The drug,… Lung cancer screening often yields false positives • Lung Cancer news • Apr 20 10 Imaging tests used to screen symptom-free people for lung cancer often find suspicious growths that turn out to not be cancer, according to a U.S. government study published Monday. Researchers… BATTLE Links Potential Biomarkers to Drugs for Lung Cancer • Lung Cancer news • Apr 19 10 The first lung cancer clinical trial to guide targeted therapies to patients based on molecular signatures in tumor biopsies is a step toward personalized care and more… BATTLE Trial Personalizes Lung Cancer Therapy • Lung Cancer news • Apr 19 10 Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in men and women, but huge randomized trials of thousands of patients have either failed completely or shown negligible survival… Promising Strategy for Treatment of Lung Cancer • Lung Cancer news • Apr 12 10 A research team at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has shown in a study that two closely related enzymes could be targets for the treatment of… Gene found that may predict lung cancer in smokers • Lung Cancer news • Apr 08 10 Researchers have identified a group of genes that are especially active in lung cancer patients - even in healthy tissue - and said they may be used to… Page 5 of 12 pages « First < 3 4 5 6 7 > Last » << Back to main
