Lung Cancer News and Research

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Sugary drink consumption impacts diabetes risk

Research shows that consuming sugar-sweetened drinks significantly increases a person’s risk for developing Type 2 diabetes.

25 Apr 2013

FDA designates Merck's lambrolizumab as Breakthrough Therapy for advanced melanoma

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated lambrolizumab (MK-3475) as a Breakthrough Therapy for the treatment of patients with advanced melanoma.

25 Apr 2013

CytRx reaches agreement with FDA for aldoxorubicin Phase 3 trial for treatment of soft tissue sarcomas

CytRx Corporation, a biopharmaceutical research and development company specializing in oncology, announced today that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under a special protocol assessment for a global pivotal Phase 3 trial with aldoxorubicin as a treatment for patients with soft tissue sarcomas who have relapsed or were refractory following prior treatment with chemotherapy.

24 Apr 2013

Study shows intraventricular chemotherapy increases overall survival in LMC patients

Lung cancer is one of the most common primary cancers that cause leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC), when cancer spreads to the membranes surrounding the spinal cord and brain. Cases of LMC have increased because of the improved survival of lung cancer patients with the help of new advances in treatment.

23 Apr 2013

Study suggests lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations may benefit from anti-HER2 drugs

New results from a retrospective study conducted in Europe 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 cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring specific HER2 protein mutations.

23 Apr 2013

Individual cancer cells in blood stream are responsible for metastases in breast cancer patients

Individual cancer cells that break away from the original tumor and circulate through the blood stream are considered responsible for the development of metastases. These dreaded secondary tumors are the main cause of cancer-related deaths.

23 Apr 2013

iQBS researchers discover three unique genetic variations that influence body size, obesity in African ancestry

Researchers from Dartmouth's Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences (iQBS) and the Center for Genomic Medicine have helped to discover three unique genetic variations that influence body size and obesity in men and women of African ancestry.

23 Apr 2013

Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases can improve quality of life in elderly patients

Giving palliative radiotherapy to elderly patients with painful bone metastases can significantly improve their quality of life, a Dutch researcher told the 2nd Forum of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) today (Monday).

23 Apr 2013

Study: Primary care density correlated with lung cancer mortality in white population

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths and is tied as the third leading cause of death overall in industrialized countries. Within the United States, several groups identified by race, sex, and socioeconomic status have been linked to increased cancer mortality, suggesting a disparity because of these characteristics.

23 Apr 2013

New screening method detects ovarian cancer by examining neighboring cells

Pioneering biophotonics technology developed at Northwestern University is the first screening method to detect the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans by examining cells easily brushed from the neighboring cervix or uterus, not the ovaries themselves.

23 Apr 2013

Researchers find tumors with ALK rearrangements can harbor additional mutations

The identification of potentially targetable kinase mutations has been an exciting advancement in lung cancer treatment.

23 Apr 2013

UB researchers develop aniontransporters to trigger cancer cell apoptosis

The journal Accounts of Chemical Research, which has a profound impact on Chemistry and other related sciences, publishes on its current issue the article "Anion Transporters and Biological Systems", signed by Professor Ricardo Pérez Tomás, from the Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapy of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Roberto Quesada, from the Department of Chemistry of the Sciences Faculty at the University of Burgos, and Philip A. Gale, from the University of Southampton, in the United Kingdom.

22 Apr 2013

Advaxis to license its ADXS-HPV product candidate to FusionVax

Advaxis, Inc., a leader in developing the next generation of immunotherapies for cancer and infectious diseases, announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FusionVax, Inc. ("FusionVax") setting forth the main terms under which Advaxis will, subject to the entry of a definitive agreement, exclusively license its lead clinical stage product candidate, ADXS-HPV, to FusionVax for Asia.

22 Apr 2013

Synta completes GALAXY-2 trial evaluating ganetespib inhibitor in non-small cell lung cance

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. announced today that the first patients have been treated in the randomized GALAXY-2 Phase 3 trial designed to evaluate docetaxel plus ganetespib, its investigational Hsp90 inhibitor, versus docetaxel alone for the second-line treatment of non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma.

22 Apr 2013

MEDIAN Technologies selected as imaging solutions provider in phase II NSCLC clinical trial

MEDIAN Technologies (ALMDT), a leading medical imaging software solutions developer and a service provider for image interpretation and management in oncology clinical trials, announced today it has been selected as the imaging solutions and services provider in a new phase II clinical trial on Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).

22 Apr 2013

Hookah smoking is equally harmful like cigarettes

Smoking tobacco through a hookah is a pastime gaining popularity among the college crowd, but many of them mistakenly believe that using the fragrant water pipe is less harmful than smoking cigarettes.

19 Apr 2013

Researcher explores new way to deliver therapy to brain metastases from primary breast cancer

An Indiana University School of Medicine breast cancer surgeon is pursuing research that will utilize glass, gold, nanotechnology and Greek mythology hoping to vanquish breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain.

19 Apr 2013

NCI investigators design genetically engineered mouse to study human lung squamous cell carcinoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI) investigators have designed a genetically engineered mouse for use in the study of human lung squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). SCC is a type of non-small cell lung carcinoma, one of the most common types of lung cancer, with a five-year survival rate of about 15 percent.

18 Apr 2013

Study confirms crizotinib drug reduces testosterone levels

A previous 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.

17 Apr 2013

New study reports smoke-free policies for public housing would provide better health

Establishing smoke-free policies for public housing would help protect residents, visitors and workers' from the harmful effects of smoking and result in significant cost savings, reports a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

17 Apr 2013

Lung Cancer News and Research

Latest Lung Cancer News and Research

Sugary drink consumption impacts diabetes risk

FDA designates Merck's lambrolizumab as Breakthrough Therapy for advanced melanoma

CytRx reaches agreement with FDA for aldoxorubicin Phase 3 trial for treatment of soft tissue sarcomas

Study shows intraventricular chemotherapy increases overall survival in LMC patients

Study suggests lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations may benefit from anti-HER2 drugs

Individual cancer cells in blood stream are responsible for metastases in breast cancer patients

iQBS researchers discover three unique genetic variations that influence body size, obesity in African ancestry

Palliative radiotherapy for bone metastases can improve quality of life in elderly patients

Study: Primary care density correlated with lung cancer mortality in white population

New screening method detects ovarian cancer by examining neighboring cells

Researchers find tumors with ALK rearrangements can harbor additional mutations

UB researchers develop aniontransporters to trigger cancer cell apoptosis

Advaxis to license its ADXS-HPV product candidate to FusionVax

Synta completes GALAXY-2 trial evaluating ganetespib inhibitor in non-small cell lung cance

MEDIAN Technologies selected as imaging solutions provider in phase II NSCLC clinical trial

Hookah smoking is equally harmful like cigarettes

Researcher explores new way to deliver therapy to brain metastases from primary breast cancer

NCI investigators design genetically engineered mouse to study human lung squamous cell carcinoma

Study confirms crizotinib drug reduces testosterone levels

New study reports smoke-free policies for public housing would provide better health

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