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February 13, 2015February 13, 2015

Medicare To Cover Lung Cancer Screening Test

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Medicare has decided that it will cover low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) tests for lung cancer screening, giving seniors at high-risk for lung cancer access to care. According to numerous lung cancer experts and advocacy ... Read more

February 13, 2015February 13, 2015

Researchers Discover Protein That Can Prevent Lung Cancer Metastasis

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In a recent study, a research team from the University of Virginia School of Medicine was able to isolate a substance in lung cancer cells, which allows the cells to ... Read more

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015

Phase II Trial Will Test Pembrolizumab in Oligometastatic Lung Cancer Patients

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A phase II clinical trial for patients with oligometastatic lung cancer will test the new immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab. This drug acts specifically on T cells and blocks the programmed death receptor (PD-1) ... Read more

February 12, 2015February 12, 2015

Researchers Identify Protein That Causes Lung Cancer Resistance to Treatment

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YAP, a naturally-occurring protein vital to the growth and development of organs, may be responsible for some lung cancer resistance to targeted cancer therapies. These findings were discovered by a team ... Read more

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015

Lung Cancer Identified as Leading Female Mortality Cause in Developed Countries

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A recent study conducted by investigators at the American Cancer Society and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) revealed that lung cancer is now the leading mortality cause in females in developed ... Read more

February 11, 2015February 11, 2015

New Tool Identifies Lung Cancer Patients Suitable for Immune Therapies

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Researchers from Yale Cancer Center led a project in which they developed an investigational tool that can measure the anti-tumor immune activity in non-small cell lung cancer tumors and could determine which patients will ... Read more

February 10, 2015February 10, 2015

Cost Benefit of NSCLC Treatment Affected by Assumptions

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While cancer clinicians are focused on helping their lung cancer patients feel better through prescribing treatments to battle their disease, health economists are focused on helping health insurers and health ... 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 9, 2015February 9, 2015

Researchers Find Loss of an Important Tumor Suppressor Is Associated With Poor Prognosis in Lung Cancer

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Investigators from the Moffitt Cancer Center have made an important discovery that has the potential to significantly impact the future science of oncogenesis. Their findings, which were published in the ... Read more

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015

Less Invasive Mediastinal Staging of NSCLC is Superior

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Although mediastinal tumors are rare, their location within the chest between the lungs can lead to serious complications. According to the Cleveland Clinic, mediastinal tumors in children tend to be ... Read more