Researchers at Ohio University have discovered what may be a new way to fight lung cancer that is resistant to other treatments.

Daiichi Sankyo announced that the first patient has been dosed in the global phase 3 TROPION-Lung17 trial. The study is evaluating DATROWAY in patients with locally advanced or metastatic nonsquamous ...

As a nonsmoker lung cancer hasn't been a concern of mine, but I recently heard it can affect people who have never smoked. If ...

Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment. But even when delivered with precision, radiation can damage healthy lung tissue. "Try as we might, when we deliver radiation to a cancer, ...

Suchan still needed chemotherapy and radiation, but Salgia credits Rybrevant for shrinking her tumors 60 to 70%. It specifically targets her cancer cells and revs up the immune system. For a year and ...

Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that harnesses the body’s immune system to fight cancer. It helps the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells, which can sometimes be hidden from the body’s ...

The approval was based on a cohort of treatment-naïve patients in the Beamion LUNG-1 trial who had unresectable or metastatic, non-squamous NSCLC with HER2 tyrosine kinase domain mutations.

Targeted therapies are cancer medications that work more selectively than standard chemotherapy medications. They do this by targeting specific molecules or genetic changes in cancer cells in order to ...

The trust that runs the major hospitals in Shropshire is taking part in a new lung cancer study to find alternative ...

As is often the case with cancer treatments, many patients are able to benefit from therapy for a time. Tumor activity ...

“Lung cancer, though common and serious, still has many misconceptions,” says Ian Bostock, MD, a thoracic surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute in Florida. “Clearing these myths helps patients and ...

Modelling indicates that over a 20-year period, a national screening programme could detect around 9,000 lung cancers and potentially save more than 6,000 lives – an estimated 300 lives each year.