Posts by: Anna Tan, RN

Anna Tan, RN

Anna is responsible for the scripting and production of video news content. Her skills as a registered nurse as well as a proven video content creator on YouTube and other social media platforms allow her to create video news reports that are engaging and easy to understand for patients.

October 13, 2015October 14, 2015

Merck’s Keytruda Now FDA-Approved for Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Merck & Co. recently announced the US Food and Drug Administration has granted Keytruda (pembrolizumab) accelerated approval as a treatment for patients with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have not ... Read more

December 26, 2014December 26, 2014

Free Lung Cancer Foundation App Empowers Patients and Helps Research

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Partners Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF) and Open Health Network (OHN) recently launched an app called “Lung Cancer Foundation“, which is the first complimentary app dedicated to supporting and ... Read more

December 12, 2014December 12, 2014

Ancon Designs Non-Invasive Device that Detects Lung Cancer

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Minnesota-based medical device company, Ancon Medical, Inc., recently designed a non-invasive screening tool sensitive enough to detect lung cancer in its earliest stage, while costing significantly less than conventional methods, ... Read more

December 3, 2014December 3, 2014

Study Finds 10 Times More Carcinogens in E-Cig Fluid Compared to Cigarettes

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Japan’s Health Ministry recently funded a study that revealed e-cigarettes contain as much as 10 times more carcinogens than regular tobacco. The globally hot alternative to smoking has taken a good ... Read more

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014

Race, Insurance, Type of Hospital Determine Lung Cancer Care Quality

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A recent large-scale, multi-ethnic study found that disparities in the quality and extent of lung cancer care received were linked to a number of factors such as race, whether the facility ... Read more

November 19, 2014November 19, 2014

Post Radiation Pneumonitis in Lung Cancer Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease

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A recently-concluded study from Kyoto University suggests patients diagnosed with Stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have been treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) may have an increased risk of ... Read more

November 19, 2014November 19, 2014

Epic Sciences to Present CTC-cfDNA Method for Lung Cancer Analysis

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Innovative cancer diagnostics and treatment development company, Epic Sciences, Inc., will be attending the upcoming 26th EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics in Barcelona to present a poster on a ... Read more

October 31, 2014November 18, 2014

Post-Operative Radiation Therapy Adds 4 Months to Lung Cancer Survival

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A recent data review on patients with non-small cell lung cancer revealed post-operative radiation therapy (PORT) prolonged survival by an average of 4 months compared to patients that did not ... Read more

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014

Lung Cancer Detection Improved by Interval Low-Dose CT Scan

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Many research efforts to address lung cancer strongly recommend getting screened and diagnosed as early as possible, as this form of cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in ... Read more

October 14, 2014October 14, 2014

Lung Cancer Can Stay Undetectable Up to 20 Years, Study Shows

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Lung cancer is the most common cancer worldwide, and causes over 1.37 million deaths every year. An optimistic survival rate for lung cancer depends on a prompt diagnosis while the cancer ... Read more