Lung Cancer
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U.S. cancer death rates drop for second year in a row
Mortality from cancer continues to decline in the United States, driven largely by major reductions in death rates from non–small cell lung cancer...
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Liquid Biopsies in a Veteran Patient Population With Advanced Prostate and Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinomas: A New Paradigm and Unique Challenge in Personalized Medicine
Minimally invasive liquid biopsy shows great promise as both a diagnostic and prognostic tool in the personalized clinical management of advanced...
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‘Contrary’ to wide belief, abscopal effect is rare in cancer
The abscopal effect, whereby tumors are reduced or eliminated even though they are situated outside the radiation field, was first described in...
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Two different radiation boost strategies reduce local failures in NSCLC
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FDA OKs osimertinib as first adjuvant drug for NSCLC
The approval is based on results of the ADAURA trial.
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Most common cancer diagnosis globally: Breast surpasses lung
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Patients with lung and blood cancers most vulnerable to COVID-19
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Rechallenge ‘reasonable’ for some with small-cell lung cancer
Carboplatin plus etoposide significantly prolonged progression-free survival, compared with topotecan, in patients with advanced or relapsed,...
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Lung cancer CT scan is chance for ‘opportunistic’ osteoporosis check
"CT provides a more direct volumetric measure [than DXA] and is likely a more accurate method for BMD assessment," one expert says.
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Black patients with ES-SCLC get less chemo but have better survival
