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Perioperative Nivolumab Tops Chemo for Survival in Resectable Lung Cancer

FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 – For patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), perioperative treatment with nivolumab results in significantly longer event-free survival, according to a...

Most Cancer Treatments Near End of Life Are Useless: Study

FRIDAY, May 17, 2024 – Cutting-edge cancer treatments are essentially useless for patients barely clinging to life, a new study shows. Chemotherapies, immunotherapies, targeted therapies and hormone...

Immunotherapy Before and After Surgery Boosts Lung Cancer Survival

THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 – Immunotherapy can boost the survival of early-stage lung cancer patients eligible for surgery when it’s combined with chemotherapy, a new clinical trial reports. Those who g...

Report Highlights Big Gaps in Cancer Outcomes Based on Race

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – U.S. cancer death rates are continuing to drop, falling by 33% between 1991 and 2020. However, not all Americans are reaping the benefits from advances in cancer...

AACR Delivers Report on Disparities in Cancer Progress

WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – In its biennial Cancer Disparities Progress Report published today, the American Association for Cancer Research presents the latest statistics on disparities in cancer...

Americans of Pacific Island Ethnicity Have Up to Triple the Rate of Cancer Deaths

WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander people have cancer death rates that are two to three times higher than they are in whites, new data shows. The first-of-its-kind...

Adjuvant Alectinib Improves Disease-Free Survival in Lung Cancer

FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 – Adjuvant alectinib improves disease-free survival compared with platinum-based chemotherapy among patients with resected ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),...

Household Radon Can Lead to Lung Cancer -- Has Your Home Been Tested?

THURSDAY, April 11, 2024 – Kentucky resident Chasity Harney embraced a thoroughly healthy lifestyle – eating right, exercising and never touching tobacco. So, her 2018 diagnosis of advanced lung...

Today's Young Adults Are Aging Faster, and That Might Help Spur Cancers

MONDAY, April 8, 2024 – Younger generations are aging more rapidly, and this could be leading to an increased risk of cancer, a new study says. People born in or after 1965 are 17% more likely to be...

Cancer Cases Set to Soar 77% by 2050, Thanks to Aging Population

FRIDAY, April 5, 2024 – As the world's population ages, a new report warns that the number of people with cancer could climb 77% by 2050. In the report, published Thursday in the journal CA: A ...

Doctor Gets First U.S. Lung-Liver Transplant for Advanced Lung Cancer

THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 – Dr. Gary Gibbon didn’t have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs a...

Eligibility for Lung Cancer Screening Up With 2021 USPSTF Recommendations

FRIDAY, March 22, 2024 – Expanded U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria for lung cancer screening (LCS) in 2021 have resulted in a 65.9 percent increase in the number of eligible...

Radon a Bigger Threat to Rural Homes

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – Rural homeowners face a greater threat from odorless, radioactive radon gas than people living in urban areas, and it's likely due to the wells they rely on for their...

Tislelizumab Plus Chemotherapy Beneficial for Resectable NSCLC

FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2024 – For patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), neoadjuvant tislelizumab (TIS) plus chemotherapy with adjuvant TIS yields significant benefit in terms of...

High-Frequency Jet Ventilation Seems Safe for Lung Ablation

MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2024 – For percutaneous lung ablation, high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) under general anesthesia seems as safe as spontaneous respiration (SR) under moderate sedation, with...

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