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 Lung Cancer Patients Who Carry Specific HER2 Mutations may Benefit from Certain Anti-HER2 Treatments
Lung Cancer Patients Who Carry Specific HER2 Mutations may Benefit from Certain Anti-HER2 Treatments
New study suggest that anti-HER2 treatments, like the widely used breast cancer agent trastuzumab (Herceptin), have anti-cancer effects in a small subset of patients with advanced non-small ... 
 Primary Care Provider Density Might Influence Lung Cancer Mortality Rates
Primary Care Provider Density Might Influence Lung Cancer Mortality Rates
It is common knowledge that lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. It is tied as the third leading cause of death overall in industrialized countries. Within the... 
Low Testosterone in 84 Percent of Lung Cancer Patients Taking Crizotinib, Study Confirms
Low Testosterone in 84 Percent of Lung Cancer Patients Taking Crizotinib, Study Confirms
A recent study by the University of Colorado Cancer Center reported the common side effect of low testosterone in men treated with the recently approved lung cancer agent, crizotinib. A new ... 
 Lung Cancer Could Be Treated Using Icy Therapy Spot
Lung Cancer Could Be Treated Using Icy Therapy Spot
According to the first prospective multicenter trial of cryoablation, frozen balls of ice can safely kill cancerous tumors that have spread to the lungs. The results are being presented at ... 
 Increase in Lung Cancer Risk Post Exposure to Asbestos, Asbestosis and Smoking
Increase in Lung Cancer Risk Post Exposure to Asbestos, Asbestosis and Smoking
The risk of lung cancer increases drastically with asbestos exposure, asbestosis and smoking, and cessation of smoking post asbestos exposure can cut down its risk significantly. "The i... 
 Bilirubin Levels Predict Lung Cancer Risk
Bilirubin Levels Predict Lung Cancer Risk
Smokers with low bilirubin levels are at a higher risk for lung cancer incidence and mortality compared to those who had highest bilirubin levels, finds study. "Although it was exp... 
 New Drug to Treat Lung Cancer in Patients
New Drug to Treat Lung Cancer in Patients
A new drug that impairs the function of cancer-driving proteins may prove to be a new treatment for patients with lung cancer. The drug, ganetespib, may also be effective for treating p... 
 Soy Consumption Improves Lung Cancer Survival in Women
Soy Consumption Improves Lung Cancer Survival in Women
Chinese women who consumed more soy foods before the diagnosis of lung cancer lived longer compared to those who consumed less soy, says study published in Journal of Clinical Oncology. Quot... 
 Lung Cancer Screening Could Save 12,000 Deaths Every Year in the US
Lung Cancer Screening Could Save 12,000 Deaths Every Year in the US
A new study published in the journal Cancer reveals that around 12,000 deaths caused by lung cancer could be avoided every year in the United States by screening for the disease with the hel... 
 Wide International Variation in Lung Cancer Survival Partially Explained by Stage at Diagnosis
Wide International Variation in Lung Cancer Survival Partially Explained by Stage at Diagnosis
Results of a large scale study, published in the online edition of Thorax, involving nearly 60,000 patients found that the stage at diagnosis does not fully explain the wide variation in lun... 
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