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Small cell lung cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the lung. Small cell lung cancer is an aggressive (fast-growing) cancer that can spread to other parts of the body. The cancer cells look small and oval-shaped when looked at under a microscope.

NCCN collaborates with K Hospital and Vietnam Cancer Association to improve standards for cancer care

he National Comprehensive Cancer Network - a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers in the United States - today announced the signing of a Memo of Understanding (MOU) with Vietnam National Cancer Hospital ("K Hospital") and the Vietnam Cancer Association to work together to improve standards for cancer care throughout the country.

1 Jun 2023

Breast cancer patients experience more severe CIPN symptoms with paclitaxel

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) – nerve pain, tingling, or numbness in the hands or feet – is a common side effect of certain cancer treatments, including two drugs frequently used to treat cancer – the taxanes paclitaxel and docetaxel.

31 May 2023

Researchers explore the possibility of treating lung cancer by targeting telomeres

Healthy cells can only divide a limited number of times during an organism's lifetime. In contrast, tumor cells are immortal: they proliferate indefinitely and uncontrollably, and this is the defining characteristic of cancer.

26 May 2023

Study finds socio-economic inequalities in access to novel therapies for many NSCLC patients

Novel anti-cancer therapies were not accessible to more than half of the patients in England who were diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, according to a new study published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

19 May 2023

Drug combination can prolong survival and improve quality of life in patients with advanced lung cancer

A recent clinical trial showed that the drug combination of cemiplimab plus platinum chemotherapy can prolong survival in patients with advanced lung cancer when compared with placebo plus platinum chemotherapy. Now an analysis published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, indicates that cemiplimab plus platinum chemotherapy also affects quality of life compared to chemotherapy alone.

13 May 2023

Newly identified biomarker may predict NSCLC patients' treatment response to chemoimmunotherapy

Cutting-edge cancer treatments like immunotherapy are offering new hope for patients, often in combination with more common approaches such as chemotherapy. But determining the best treatment combination isn't always straightforward.

12 May 2023

Early smoking cessation associated with higher survival rates following a lung cancer diagnosis

Quitting smoking early was associated with higher survival rates following a lung cancer diagnosis, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

5 May 2023

Spinal cord stimulation may help reduce chronic pain in people undergoing active cancer treatment

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say they have evidence from a new study in rats that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may be useful in reducing chronic pain in people undergoing active treatment with a common anti-cancer drug.

From Elekta 27 Apr 2023

ASTRO/ESTRO's clinical guideline offers recommendations on the use of local therapy for oligometastatic NSCLC

A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology and European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology provides guidance on the use of definitive local therapy - including radiation and surgery - to treat patients with oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

25 Apr 2023

New approach to CAR T-cell therapy shows promise against small cell lung cancer in preclinical study

A new approach to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy has shown great promise against small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in a preclinical study.

25 Apr 2023

Preclinical study reveals a potential new therapeutic approach to treating common lung cancer

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have demonstrated in a preclinical study a potential new therapeutic approach to treating the most common form of lung cancer.

20 Apr 2023

Pre- and post-surgical immunotherapy-based treatment significantly improved lung cancer outcomes

A regimen of pre-surgical immunotherapy and chemotherapy followed by post-surgical immunotherapy significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) and pathologic complete response (pCR) rates compared to chemotherapy alone for patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to Phase III trial results presented today by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2023.

17 Apr 2023

Changes to tumor DNA can help predict cancer's next move

Knowing whether a tumor might grow or spread to other parts of a patient’s body could be key to survival – and now scientists are one step closer to unlocking the ability to predict just that.

13 Apr 2023

Cedars-Sinai Cancer collaborates on a streamlined clinical trial design in Pragmatica-Lung Study

Investigators from Cedars-Sinai Cancer are collaborating on a streamlined clinical trial design in a study called Pragmatica-Lung.

12 Apr 2023

Pragmatica-Lung Study aims to increase accessibility to cancer clinical trials

The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has helped launch a phase 3 randomized clinical trial (NCT05633602) of a two-drug combination to treat patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

12 Apr 2023

Clinical trial may change the paradigm of care for patients with ALK-driven high-risk neuroblastoma

In a significant step for the treatment of neuroblastoma, an international group of researchers led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and the New Approaches to Neuroblastoma Therapy (NANT) Consortium has shown that the targeted therapy lorlatinib is safe and effective in treating high-risk neuroblastoma.

4 Apr 2023

Small Cell Lung Cancer News and Research

NCCN collaborates with K Hospital and Vietnam Cancer Association to improve standards for cancer care

Breast cancer patients experience more severe CIPN symptoms with paclitaxel

Researchers explore the possibility of treating lung cancer by targeting telomeres

Study finds socio-economic inequalities in access to novel therapies for many NSCLC patients

Drug combination can prolong survival and improve quality of life in patients with advanced lung cancer

Newly identified biomarker may predict NSCLC patients' treatment response to chemoimmunotherapy

Early smoking cessation associated with higher survival rates following a lung cancer diagnosis

Spinal cord stimulation may help reduce chronic pain in people undergoing active cancer treatment

ASTRO/ESTRO's clinical guideline offers recommendations on the use of local therapy for oligometastatic NSCLC

New approach to CAR T-cell therapy shows promise against small cell lung cancer in preclinical study

Preclinical study reveals a potential new therapeutic approach to treating common lung cancer

Pre- and post-surgical immunotherapy-based treatment significantly improved lung cancer outcomes

Changes to tumor DNA can help predict cancer's next move

Cedars-Sinai Cancer collaborates on a streamlined clinical trial design in Pragmatica-Lung Study

Pragmatica-Lung Study aims to increase accessibility to cancer clinical trials

Clinical trial may change the paradigm of care for patients with ALK-driven high-risk neuroblastoma

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