Lung Cancer News

November Is National Lung Cancer Awareness Month (November 6, 2009)

As the month of November brings lung cancer into focus, it’s time to increase public understanding of the disease, including its prevalence, approaches to screening and prevention, treatment options, and resources that offer updated lung cancer information... Continue Reading

Lung Cancer: Still Number One (October 20, 2009)

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in both men and women. By Kari Bohlke, ScD In 1987 lung cancer surpassed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in U.S. women.[1] Lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer, ovarian... Continue Reading

Large-scale Screening for EGFR Mutations Can Improve Outcomes in Lung Cancer (August 31, 2009)

Large-scale screening for epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in lung cancer is feasible and allows for customization of treatment with Tarceva® (erlotinib), thereby improving outcomes, according to the results of a study published in the New... Continue Reading

False-positive Results Are Common with Cancer Screening (July 20, 2009)

The risk of obtaining a false-positive result from screening for prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian cancer is high and becomes cumulatively higher with ongoing screening—after 14 screening tests, the cumulative risk of a false-positive is 60.4%... Continue Reading

First-line Iressa® Benefits EGFR-positive Patients with Advanced NSCLC Who Have Poor Performance Status (May 6, 2009)

First-line Iressa® (gefitinib) provides benefit to patients with advanced non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations and an extremely poor performance status, according to the results of a study... Continue Reading

NSAIDs May Decrease Risk of Lung Cancer (April 7, 2009)

The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may be associated with a small reduced risk of lung cancer, according to the results of a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.1 Lung cancer is the most common cause... Continue Reading

Small Cell Lung Cancer Overview (March 18, 2009)

Overview Small cell lung cancers account for 20-25% of all lung cancers and are primarily diagnosed in smokers or former smokers. They differ from other types of lung cancer in that they spread very quickly throughout the body via the blood and lymphatic... Continue Reading

Cancer Vaccines: Stimulating the Immune System to Attack Cancer (February 6, 2009)

As the age of personalized medicine approaches, the look and feel of cancer treatment may change dramatically. What if, rather than receiving one-size-fits all anticancer drugs, patients were treated with specially formulated treatments made to target... Continue Reading

Smoking and Cancer: Understand the Risk and What You Can Do to Control It (February 5, 2009)

Smoking tobacco cigarettes is responsible for drastically increasing the risk of the developing lung cancer— the number-one cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S—as well as several other types of cancer (not to mention additional diseases).[1] Tobacco... Continue Reading

Anemia Common in Lung Cancer Patients (February 5, 2009)

A European study of anemia and cancer reports that anemia is common in lung cancer patients and often untreated. Results from the European Cancer Anemia Survey (ECAS) suggest that anemia is common in lung cancer patients and that current treatment patterns... Continue Reading