Diabetes drug appears to fight lung cancer — but only in overweight or obese patients“Research conducted at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has revealed that metformin also appears to fight lung cancer — but only in overweight or obese patients. Further,...
Perioperative Pembrolizumab Regimen Upholds Survival Benefit in Resectable NSCLC“Key Takeaways: Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy significantly improved 4-year OS and EFS in resectable early-stage NSCLC compared to chemotherapy alone. The pembrolizumab regimen showed a...
FDA Grants Taletrectinib Priority Review for Advanced ROS1+ NSCLC“The FDA has granted priority review to a new drug application for taletrectinib, an investigational next-generation ROS1 TKI, for the treatment of patients with advanced ROS1-positive non–small cell...
AdventHealth Celebration Introduces New Intraoperative Molecular Imaging Process to Improve Accuracy of Lung Cancer Surgery“Thoracic surgeon Colleen Gaughan, MD, and her team at AdventHealth Celebration, recently became one of the first in the country to incorporate...
Lung Cancer CT Screening May Help to Detect Coronary Artery Disease“Lung cancer screening with low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) may be capable of identifying coronary artery calcium in patients without cardiac symptoms, according to a recent study published by...
India’s Air Pollution Linked to Rising Lung Cancer Cases in Non-Smokers“India is set to observe National Pollution Control Day on December 2nd. Experts warn that prolonged exposure to air pollution can lead to lung cancer in non-smokers. They highlight that even...
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