A novel telemedicine lung cancer screening effort during the COVID-19 pandemic shows that virtual single-visit screenings are just as effective as single-visit screenings done in person at the hospital, according to a study presented at the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Virtual Clinical Congress 2021. The study of virtual lung cancer screenings (LCS) was performed […]
Despite smoking's well-known role in causing lung cancer, a significant number of patients who develop lung tumors have never smoked. While scientists are still working to understand what spurs cancer in so-called "never-smokers," a study led by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrates new possibilities for treating these baffling tumors. […]
Patients with life-limiting advanced lung cancer often experience intense grief and loss. Addressing patients’ physical symptoms — drug side effects, trouble breathing, pain, fatigue — alongside their psychological and spiritual distress — depression, anxiety, fear of death — is critical to restoring their dignity and improving their quality of life, say palliative care experts. Palliative […]
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), exhaled-breath analysis with an “electronic nose” (eNose) may be able to monitor response to immune-checkpoint inhibitors as treatment progresses, according to a proof-of-concept study by Dutch researchers. Dr. Michel M. van den Heuvel told Reuters Health by email that the outlook for lung […]
Patients with resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often receive treatment before they undergo surgery. For such patients who achieve a pathologic complete response (pCR), the chances of survival are improved. However, only a small percentage of patients achieve a pCR with neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone. Adding the immune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab (Opdivo) to platinum-doublet chemotherapy […]
ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis’s uphill struggle to re-purpose its inflammation drug Ilaris took another hit when the Swiss drugmaker said on Tuesday that the medicine failed to boost overall survival in lung cancer patients in a late-stage trial. The drug, known generically as canakinumab and long approved to treat juvenile arthritis and rare Mediterranean fever, […]
Lung cancer: Signs and symptoms to look out for Lung cancer mainly affects older people, with four out of 10 Britons aged 75 and above being diagnosed with the condition. Sometimes, symptoms may not appear where you’d expect them to arise. Noticing your hands and, in particular, your palms changing shape could indicate the deadly […]
Lung cancer: Signs and symptoms to look out for Lung cancer is one of the most common and serious types of cancer – around 47,000 people are diagnosed with the condition every year in the UK. There are usually no signs or symptoms in the early stages of lung cancer, but many people with the […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Coronavirus appears to be intensifying across the UK, with the hospital death toll rising to 241 yesterday. The figure marks the highest reported rise since the first wave of the pandemic. As […]
Lung cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in one or both lungs. Treatment success is largely determined by the size of the cancer and how far it has spread from the lungs. In other words, the earlier it is picked up, the better. READ MORE How to live longer: A drink proven to […]
