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For patients with non-small-cell lung cancer

Similar NSCLC Survival for Surgical, Endosonographic Staging

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Five-year survival not significantly different after mediastinoscopy or endosonographic staging
Whole brain radiotherapy seems to offer limited clinical benefit for patients with non-small-cell lung cancer with metastases

Whole Brain Radiotherapy Offers Little Benefit in Brain Mets

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Randomized trial shows limited clinical benefit for patients with NSCLC and brain metastases
Targeted therapies that do not contain erlotinib can be beneficial for patients with KRAS-mutated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer

Targeted Therapies Beneficial in KRAS-Mutated NSCLC

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Improved progression-free survival for patients treated with therapy not containing erlotinib
For patients treated for T1a renal cell carcinoma

X-Rays Have Low Diagnostic Yield for Pulmonary Metastases

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Findings in patients treated for T1a renal cell carcinoma followed with X-ray surveillance
In patients with lung cancer as the cause of death

Nonsolid Nodules Unlikely to Cause Death in Lung Cancer

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Lung cancers that manifest as nonsolid nodules seem to have indolent course
Many patients with advanced stage non-small-cell lung cancer might live longer if treated surgically

Surgery Tied to Longer Survival for Lung Cancer Patients

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Too few may be getting procedure, research suggests
Many family physicians discuss low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer with patients at high risk

Many PCPs Discuss Low-Dose CT Screening With Patients

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But more than half report making one or no screening recommendations in past year
A new smartphone app may help lung cancer patients live longer and better by monitoring their symptoms and alerting doctors to potential problems

ASCO: Smartphone App May Help Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer

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Researchers found tracking symptoms, alerting doctors to problems early led to longer survival
Older lung cancer patients are surviving longer when they have lung cancer surgery

Lung Cancer Resection Linked to Longer Survival for Older Patients

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Researchers find those 65 and older survive longer when they have surgery
Participants with a negative low-dose computed tomography prevalence screen (T0) have lower incidence of lung cancer and lung cancer-specific mortality than all participants with a T0 screen

Low Lung Cancer Incidence With Negative CT Prevalence Screen

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Incidence of lung CA, lung CA-related mortality lower than for all participants with prevalence screen