Lung Cancer
News
FDA grants accelerated approval for Opdivo in metastatic SCLC
The checkpoint inhibitor is approved for patients with advanced SCLC whose cancer has progressed after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least...
From the Journals
Aggressive drainage regimen may promote spontaneous pleurodesis
The optimal regimen of drainage after an indwelling pleural catheter is placed is a subject of debate.
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Low-dose CT fails to improve small cell lung cancer survival
Previous studies on the value and impact of low-dose CT for SCLC diagnosis have been divergent.
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Shared decision making falls short for lung cancer screening
Patients tend to overestimate the benefits and underestimate the harms of screening tests.
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Broad genomic testing of NSCLC in community oncology disappoints
Among patients with advanced NSCLC treated in community oncology practices, broad-based genomic sequencing seldom exclusively informed the...
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Score predicts 3-month mortality in malignant pleural effusion
A combination of biomarkers and clinical markers could be used to predict 3-month mortality and treatment response in malignant pleural effusion...
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E-cigarettes: Prices down, sales up
Trends for 2012-2016 suggest that “sales are responsive to their own price changes.”
Video
A blood test to detect lung cancer inches toward the clinic
CHICAGO - Dr. Geoffrey R. Oxnard discusses interim results from the Circulating Cell-Free Genome Atlas project and ongoing work to bring the blood...
Conference Coverage
Uptake of lung cancer screening is exceedingly low
The annual rate of LDCT screening for lung cancer among eligible current and former heavy smokers was just 1.9% in 2016 across the United States...
Conference Coverage
Palliative care may reduce suicide among lung cancer patients
Most patients who died by suicide had not received palliative care.