Lung Cancer
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Cancer mortality continues to drop in females as breast cancer reversal looms
Gains were strongest for melanoma and lung cancer, while ground was lost to uterine cancer.
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Surgical outcomes favor addition of nivolumab to neoadjuvant chemo in resectable lung cancers
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Nasal swab test helps identify malignant lung nodules
The test is based on “field of injury” technology, which examines genomic changes in the lining of the respiratory tract for evidence of cancer...
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Urine metabolites could predict end of life in lung cancer
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KRAS inhibitor improved survival in phase 2 lung cancer trial
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NSCLC: Immune-related AEs during checkpoint inhibitor therapy may predict outcomes
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Factors Associated with Radiation Toxicity and Survival in Patients with Presumed Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Empiric Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy
In a retrospective chart review of patients who were not biopsied for expected NSCLC because of poor pulmonary function, the use of empiric...
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The power and promise of social media in oncology
Dr. Alan Lyss describes a recent presentation on the role of social media in oncology.
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Radiotherapeutic Care of Patients With Stage IV Lung Cancer with Thoracic Symptoms in the Veterans Health Administration
VHA radiation oncologists reported that their practices were concordant with American Society for Radiation Oncology guidelines on palliative...
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Superior survival with sintilimab in squamous NSCLC
Sintilimab improved overall and progression-free survival, when compared with docetaxel.