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Merck recently announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended approving Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung ... Read more

April 16, 2015April 16, 2015

Researchers Identify New Lung Cancer Suppressor Gene

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A Spanish research team has identified the PARD3 gene as a lung cancer suppressor. The study entitled “PARD3 Inactivation in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinomas Impairs STAT3 and Promotes Malignant Invasion” ... Read more

February 27, 2015February 27, 2015

Graphene Shows Therapeutic Potential Against Lung Cancer

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Researchers at the University of Manchester found that graphene, a carbon based material, targets and selectively kills lung cancer stem cells. The results were published in Oncotarget and entitled “Graphene oxide selectively targets cancer stem ... Read more

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015

Diabetic Non-smokers Who Use Metformin May Be at Lower Risk of Lung Cancer

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According to a recent study, non-smokers with a diagnosis of diabetes who used the drug metformin may have a decreased risk of lung cancer. The study entitled “Metformin Use and Lung Cancer Risk in Patients ... Read more

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

KRAS Signalling Pathway In Lung Cancer Development

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In a recent study published in Science Signaling, titled “Phosphorylation of FADD by the kinase CK1α promotes KRASG12D-induced lung cancer”, a team of researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive ... Read more

January 30, 2015January 30, 2015

New Results Show Indi’s Xpresys Lung Can Identify Benign Lung Nodules

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Indi (Integrated Diagnostics®), a company creating innovative molecular diagnostics and tools to effectively manage complicated diseases in a non-invasive manner, has published its latest results from a landmark clinical validation study ... Read more

January 30, 2015January 30, 2015

Novel Strategy To Target Lung Cancer Protein

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Lung cancer can develop as a consequence of a protein named Ras, either through its mutation or because it is present in the wrong place at a certain point in ... Read more

January 29, 2015January 29, 2015

Enzyme Could Become Potential Target For Lung Cancer Treatment

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A recent study by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center and the UK’s Center for Environmental and Systems Biochemistry researchers has shown that targeting an essential enzyme and its ... Read more

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015

Ventana’s ALK-Positive Lung Cancer IHC Diagnostic Test Submitted For Premarket Approval

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Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. has announced it submitted a premarket approval (PMA) of its VENTANA ALK (D5F3) CDx Assay to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The companion diagnostic ... Read more

January 27, 2015January 27, 2015

Gensignia’s Lung Cancer Screening Assay Recognized by The American Society of Clinical Oncology

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In a recent report form the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), titled “Clinical Cancer Advances 2015: Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer From the American Society of Clinical Oncology”, and published ... Read more