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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

January 23, 2015January 23, 2015

Trovagene And Genomac To Test Novel Technology For Lung Cancer Treatment Monitoring

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Trovagene, Inc. has announced it will continue its clinical collaboration with Genomac Research Institute in Prague, Czech Republic to test Trovagene’s Precision Cancer Monitoring technology in two clinical studies, with the aim ... Read more

January 22, 2015January 22, 2015

Two Fifths of Never-Smoking Adolescents Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

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According to a new research study from the University of Texas Medical Branch in association with East Tennessee State University, the Indian Institute of Technology and the World Health Organization ... Read more

January 21, 2015

Moffitt Develops PLA to Diagnose Lung Cancer

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Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are working to aid patients with lung cancer by developing new strategies for screening and generating prognoses. Published in the newest issue of Science Signaling, an ... Read more

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015

Smokers With Emphysema Linked to TERT Mutation

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Among the millions of individuals with lung cancer, a number of patients who smoke also have emphysema, which may potentially be a result of mutations in the gene that encodes ... Read more

January 19, 2015January 19, 2015

Cone Snail Venom Holds Potential Use in Lung Cancer Therapy

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Scientists at Florida Atlantic University have found that venom from cone snails, a type of marine mollusk, can help in the detection and treatment of some types of cancer, including ... Read more

January 16, 2015January 16, 2015

Study Finds Link Between Lung Cancer And Inhaled Oxygen

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A recent study, titled “Lung cancer incidence decreases with elevation: evidence for oxygen as an inhaled carcinogen” and published in the journal PeerJ, has found that some features of oxygen ... Read more

January 15, 2015January 15, 2015

Lung Cancer Molecular Testing Guidelines To Be Revised

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A large number of lung cancer experts affiliated with The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and the Association for Molecular ... Read more

January 14, 2015January 20, 2015

Lung Cancer Scans Together With Head And Neck Cancer Screening May Improve Survival

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A recent analysis by University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute researchers has found that in addition to recommended lung screenings, adding head and neck cancer screenings can be beneficial for early ... Read more