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August 29, 2014August 29, 2014

Mutation in EGFR Gene Found To Help Predict Key Lung Cancer Factor

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A group of researchers has found a point mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene that can predict tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) sensitivity in patients with advanced lung ... Read more

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014

Pfizer, Merck Combining Experimental Anti-Cancer Drugs for Lung Cancer Therapy

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Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. Inc. have announced they will test Pfizer’s crizotinib (XALKORI®) with Merck’s investigational anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab, in a multi-center, open label, Phase 1b clinical study ... Read more

August 26, 2014August 26, 2014

Prior Respiratory Disease Increased Lung Cancer Risk in Patient Study

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When an international group of researchers investigated a possible link between lung cancer risk and concomitant respiratory conditions, they found a significantly increased occurrence of lung cancer in patients with ... Read more

August 25, 2014August 25, 2014

Checkpoint Inhibitors Fast Becoming New Buzzword in Lung Cancer Therapy

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In oncology, cancer immunotherapy represents the cutting edge of cancer treatment. Deemed a breakthrough technology by Science magazine in late 2013, the current year has seen immunotherapy — an approach to cancer ... Read more

August 22, 2014August 22, 2014

OncoGenex’s Custirsen For Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Phase 3 Trials

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OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing new therapies that address treatment resistance in cancer patients, has announced its Phase 3 ENSPIRIT trial evaluating custirsen in the treatment of non-small ... Read more

August 20, 2014August 20, 2014

2014 “Strides For Life” Race Units Hundreds to Support Lung Cancer Research

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The 2014 edition of the “Strides for Life 9,” the three-mile run or walk to raise funds to lung cancer research, recently united hundreds of people in Southampton, New York on Sunday, ... Read more

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014

New National Cancer Institute Trial Focuses On Preventing Recurrence in Two Types of Lung Cancer

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A new trial promoted by the National Cancer Institute will evaluate whether targeting erlotinib and crizotinib drugs used against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and anapestic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene changes in lung ... Read more

August 18, 2014August 18, 2014

Previous Respiratory Diseases Are Risk Factor For Lung Cancer

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Although respiratory conditions and lung cancer often simultaneously occur in a patient, few studies have investigated the link between these conditions. However, a new study, recently published in the American Thoracic ... Read more

August 15, 2014August 18, 2014

RNAs Could Stop Tumor Growth in Lung Cancer Patients

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Small RNA molecules, such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), have the potential to serve as therapeutic agents specifically directed to inhibit tumor growth. Nonetheless, the delivering systems ... Read more

August 14, 2014August 14, 2014

Growth Factor, Protein & Gene Act As Metastasis Blockers in Lung And Prostate Cancer

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New Research Identifies the Brain-Derived Growth Factor TrkB, FOXO4 Protein, and SSeCKS/AKAP12 Gene As Lung And Prostate Cancer Metastasis Blockers. Researchers at Harvard Medical School and its associated clinical institutions ... Read more