Lung Cancer News and Research

Latest Lung Cancer News and Research

First-of-its-kind longitudinal study launched to track and analyze lung health in millennials

Northwestern University and the American Lung Association have begun recruitment in Chicago for a first-of-its-kind longitudinal study to track and analyze lung health in millennials at the peak of their lung health.

11 May 2022

Prostate cancer patients benefit from precision oncology

Researchers at the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern have achieved a breakthrough in a particularly aggressive form of prostate cancer.

11 May 2022

Study modeling tumor evolution reveals a central tradeoff that could be exploited for cancer treatment

Though the mutations accumulated by cancer cells occur more or less randomly, certain regions of genes essential to cancer growth appear to be more frequently mutated than others in established tumors.

11 May 2022

Research offers insight into patients' views of AI in healthcare

New research from Yale Cancer Center provides a new understanding of patients' views of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare

10 May 2022

Study uncovers new regulator of prostate cancer metastasis

A transcription factor normally associated with androgen receptor activity in prostate cancer has a newly discovered role in controlling lipid biosynthesis, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Genetics.

10 May 2022

New guideline provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with brain metastases

A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with brain metastases.

10 May 2022

Living in close proximity to wildfires may increase cancer risk

A new study from McGill University finds higher incidence of lung cancer and brain tumors in people exposed to wildfires.

10 May 2022

$Using AI to predict how cancer may affect the probability of spinal fractures$

Using AI to predict how cancer may affect the probability of spinal fractures

As medicine continues to embrace machine learning, a new study suggests how scientists may use artificial intelligence to predict how cancer may affect the probability of fractures along the spinal column.

5 May 2022

Novel magnetic therapy complements chemotherapy to enhance breast cancer treatment outcomes

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-associated death for women worldwide. While chemotherapy is the mainstream treatment for breast cancer, more than 50% of women undergoing chemotherapy will experience at least one chemotherapy-related adverse side effect.

3 May 2022

Lung cancer risk increases with emphysema severity, study reveals

CT-detected emphysema is linked to a higher risk of lung cancer, a risk that increases with emphysema severity, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.

3 May 2022

Detailed estimates of cancer incidence, mortality and survival in Canada

Overall cancer rates in Canada are declining, but the number of cases and deaths are increasing slightly because of population growth and an aging population, according to a new study on cancer data published in CMAJ.

2 May 2022

Roswell Park's nursing teams share research at 47th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society

Several nursing teams from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center were invited to share their research at the 47th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society, which is underway in Anaheim, California, and continues through May 1, 2022.

29 Apr 2022

MAPK pathway mutations can provide “precision” treatment targets for head and neck cancer

About one-fifth of often deadly head and neck cancers harbor genetic mutations in a pathway that is key to normal cell growth, and scientists report those mutations, which enable abnormal cancer cell growth, can also make the cancer vulnerable.

28 Apr 2022

Research reveals a therapeutic opportunity to prevent rhabdomyosarcoma recurrence

Rhabdomyosarcoma is a type of soft tissue cancer. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital studied the population of cells that persists after therapy, causing rhabdomyosarcoma recurrence.

27 Apr 2022

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in cancer patients linked to poor postoperative outcomes

Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair in patients with a cancer diagnosis is associated with several poor postoperative outcomes according to a newly published study from researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine.

27 Apr 2022

Radiomics and volume doubling time can identify lung cancers linked with poor survival outcomes

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States and the leading cause of cancer death.

27 Apr 2022

New data may change the standard of care for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

The phase 2 clinical trial of a multi-center study known as the COAST clinical trial has demonstrated improved outcomes using immunotherapy combinations for patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer, according to researchers at Yale Cancer Center and participating organizations.

25 Apr 2022

Lung Cancer News and Research

Latest Lung Cancer News and Research

First-of-its-kind longitudinal study launched to track and analyze lung health in millennials

Prostate cancer patients benefit from precision oncology

Study modeling tumor evolution reveals a central tradeoff that could be exploited for cancer treatment

Research offers insight into patients' views of AI in healthcare

Study uncovers new regulator of prostate cancer metastasis

New guideline provides guidance on the use of radiation therapy to treat patients with brain metastases

Living in close proximity to wildfires may increase cancer risk

Using AI to predict how cancer may affect the probability of spinal fractures

Novel magnetic therapy complements chemotherapy to enhance breast cancer treatment outcomes

Lung cancer risk increases with emphysema severity, study reveals

Detailed estimates of cancer incidence, mortality and survival in Canada

Roswell Park's nursing teams share research at 47th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society

MAPK pathway mutations can provide “precision” treatment targets for head and neck cancer

Research reveals a therapeutic opportunity to prevent rhabdomyosarcoma recurrence

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in cancer patients linked to poor postoperative outcomes

Radiomics and volume doubling time can identify lung cancers linked with poor survival outcomes

New data may change the standard of care for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Correlations between SARS-CoV-2 outcomes and cancer

RNA splicing abnormalities in COVID-19 patients

Racism may partly contribute to high cancer burden impacting Asian Americans

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