Lung Cancer News and Research

Latest Lung Cancer News and Research

A new strategy to fight prostate cancer

A new study led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) sheds light on a signaling circuit in cells that drives therapy resistance in prostate cancer.

30 Dec 2016

Fred Hutch’s new Evergreen Fund to promote commercialization of research into lifesaving therapies

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced its first-ever grants from its newly established Evergreen Fund to spur researchers' efforts to advance bold ideas toward creating or partnering with a commercial entity.

28 Dec 2016

Hospitals eliminate bedsore occurrence using early detection technology

Using technology adapted from NASA's Mars lander as part of a large-scale bedsore reduction program, over half of the 13 participating hospitals were able to eliminate the occurrence of new bedsores completely; an additional 3 hospitals achieved reductions ranging from 11% to 90%.

23 Dec 2016

Study reveals impact of histology on SBRT treatment in early-stage NSCLC patients

Early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC) have a significantly higher rate of local failure after stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) than other NSCLC histological subtypes.

23 Dec 2016

New computational tool can predict personal cancer driver genes to optimize treatment

Columbia University Medical Center researchers have created a computational tool that can rapidly predict which genes are implicated in an individual's cancer and recommend treatments.

22 Dec 2016

Dual treatment strategies lengthen lives of mice with skin cancer

By combining two treatment strategies, both aimed at boosting the immune system's killer T cells, Johns Hopkins researchers report they lengthened the lives of mice with skin cancer more than by using either strategy on its own.

21 Dec 2016

Breast cancer patient finds new hope with potentially revolutionary treatment

City of Hope patient Susan Young has had a remarkable response to a potentially revolutionary new treatment, a combination of the p53 cancer vaccine and a drug that blocks a specific cancer-aiding protein.

21 Dec 2016

Hormone receptor could be potential biomarker for gastric cancer, research shows

Scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Miami, and Shantou University Medical College in China, have shown that the hormone receptor GHRH-R could be a potential biomarker for gastric cancer, enabling earlier diagnoses and better staging.

21 Dec 2016

Presence of tumor DNA in blood linked to poor outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients

The presence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) isolated from blood samples of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma was associated with poor outcomes.

19 Dec 2016

Depression can reduce effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients

A brain-boosting protein plays an important role in how well people respond to chemotherapy, researchers report at the ESMO Asia 2016 Congress in Singapore

17 Dec 2016

Scientists discover truncated p53 proteins that promote cancer growth and metastasis

Discovered in the 1970s, tumor suppressors are among the most important proteins in the body.

8 Dec 2016

PITX2 methylation biomarker shows promise for predicting prostate cancer recurrence risk

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and other biomarkers are essential tools for diagnosing and monitoring prostate cancer.

8 Dec 2016

Study shows involvement of lipid metabolism in tumour metastasis

A study headed by Salvador Aznar Benitah, ICREA researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, and published today in Nature identifies metastasis-initiating cells through a specific marker, namely the protein CD36.

7 Dec 2016

UCLA researchers discover how chronic inflammation increases prostate cancer risk

UCLA researchers have discovered a previously unrecognized type of progenitor cell that, though rare in most regions of the human prostate, is found in uncommonly high numbers in inflamed areas of the gland.

6 Dec 2016

PD-1 protein could serve as biomarker for predicting survival of lung cancer patients

The biomarker PD-1, a protein, could potentially be used to predict survival or disease-free survival of lung cancer patients who have had the tumour surgically removed.

6 Dec 2016

Global experts meet at IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Vienna

Global lung cancer researchers and patient advocates today emphasized that new models of delivering care and communicating about cancer care play an important role in the fight against lung cancer.

6 Dec 2016

ACS approves $1.7 million funding for new research grants to Yale University

The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for three new research grants totaling over $1.7 million to investigators at Yale University.

2 Dec 2016

New FDA-approved drug helps patients fight against late-stage lung cancer

A new drug has been approved by the FDA in the fight against lung cancer. Tecentriq is being used by patients like Cornelius Bresnan, who had late-stage cancer.

2 Dec 2016

New study finds smoking cessation at any age reduces risk of death

Tobacco use continues to be a major cause of cancer and premature death. Most studies of cigarette smoking and mortality have focused on middle-aged populations, with fewer studies examining the impact of tobacco cessation on disease and mortality risk among the elderly.

30 Nov 2016

Scientists identify ‘cellular post office’ that could be key to preventing spread of lung cancer

Scientists at the Universities of York and Texas have found that a component of cancer cells, which acts like a 'cellular post office', could be the key to preventing the spread of lung cancer to other parts of the body.

25 Nov 2016

Lung Cancer News and Research

Latest Lung Cancer News and Research

A new strategy to fight prostate cancer

Fred Hutch’s new Evergreen Fund to promote commercialization of research into lifesaving therapies

Hospitals eliminate bedsore occurrence using early detection technology

Study reveals impact of histology on SBRT treatment in early-stage NSCLC patients

New computational tool can predict personal cancer driver genes to optimize treatment

Dual treatment strategies lengthen lives of mice with skin cancer

Breast cancer patient finds new hope with potentially revolutionary treatment

Hormone receptor could be potential biomarker for gastric cancer, research shows

Presence of tumor DNA in blood linked to poor outcomes in pancreatic cancer patients

Depression can reduce effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients

Scientists discover truncated p53 proteins that promote cancer growth and metastasis

PITX2 methylation biomarker shows promise for predicting prostate cancer recurrence risk

Study shows involvement of lipid metabolism in tumour metastasis

UCLA researchers discover how chronic inflammation increases prostate cancer risk

PD-1 protein could serve as biomarker for predicting survival of lung cancer patients

Global experts meet at IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Vienna

ACS approves $1.7 million funding for new research grants to Yale University

New FDA-approved drug helps patients fight against late-stage lung cancer

New study finds smoking cessation at any age reduces risk of death

Scientists identify ‘cellular post office’ that could be key to preventing spread of lung cancer

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