Tag: Cancer: Lung
Most Cancer Patients Believe Surgery Will Be Curative
Findings even among patients with stage IV lung, colorectal cancer
Palliative Radiotherapy Often Overused in Stage IV NSCLC
Not proven to further improve symptoms or quality of life; can have significant side effects
FDA Approves Keytruda for Advanced NSCLC
Approved for use with PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx test
Differences Found in Smokers, Nonsmokers Who Develop NSCLC
Nonsmokers more likely than smokers to be women and to have adenocarcinoma
CT Scans for Lung Cancer Result in Few False-Positives
Concerns that wider adoption of the screen might lead to unnecessary surgeries are unfounded
New Treatment Option for Some With Metastatic Lung Cancer
Nivolumab found most effective in tumors expressing programmed death-ligand 1
Many Pulmonologists Under-, Over-Screen With LDCT
Under-screeners more likely to cite potential harms as influential factors, less influenced by evidence
Novel Prediagnostic Biomarker ID’d for Non-Small-Cell Lung CA
Diacetylspermine identified as serum biomarker; has additive performance with pro-surfactant protein B
Nonsmokers Account for Rising Proportion of Lung Cancer Cases
U.S. and U.K. studies highlight the increasing prevalence of lung cancer in never-smokers
Limited Resection Generally Not Equivalent in Stage IA NSCLC
Only segmentectomy equivalent to lobectomy for older patients with adenocarcinoma
