Lung Cancer
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Presurgery radiation shows benefit in lung cancer
Key clinical point: A new protocol that involves accelerated hemithoracic intensity modulated radiation before surgery for lung mesothelioma...
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Deciphering lung cancer biomarkers shrouded in tobacco smoke
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Families perceive few benefits from aggressive end-of-life care
Key clinical point: Bereaved family members were more satisfied with end-of-life cancer care when patients spent more than 3 days in hospice, died...
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Adjuvant therapy extends survival in early SCLC
Key clinical point: Surgical resection followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, with or without prophylactic cranial irradiation, extends overall...
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Late risks of breast cancer RT are higher for smokers
Key clinical point: Receipt of radiation therapy had little effect on risks among nonsmokers, but increased the risk of lung cancer and cardiac...
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Former smokers turning to e-cigarettes
Just over 55% of adults who quit smoking cigarettes less than a year before had tried an electronic cigarette, and 22% were currently using them...
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Mutation in ALK-rearranged lung cancer confers resistance to lorlatinib, restores sensitivity to crizotinib
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Alectinib FDA approved to treat metastatic ALK-positive NSCLC*
From the Journals
Alectinib shows promise in crizotinib-refractory ALK-rearranged NSCLC
Key clinical point: Alectinib, an oral, small molecule inhibitor of ALK, showed promising clinical activity in crizotinib-refractory patients with...
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Hold the checkpoint inhibitors when pneumonitis symptoms occur
Key clinical point: Pneumonitis is an uncommon but potentially serious adverse event associated with PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor therapy....