Lung Cancer Symptoms and Treatment

Gene Test May Change Treatment, Extend Life For Lung Cancer Patients

Researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center have shown that a readily available gene screening test can help doctors know which people with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer will benefit from adding a second cancer drug to standard chemotherapy. Patients who test positive for the EGFR gene may live twice as long as those who [...]

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Gene Can Predict Lung Cancer Survival

Gene expression test could help determine who needs more aggressive lung cancer treatment. Researchers from four leading cancer centers have confirmed that an analysis involving a panel of genes can be used to predict which lung cancer patients will have the worst survival. The finding could one day lead to a test that would help [...]

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African-Americans have unique lung cancer risks

Scientists at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a risk prediction assessment for lung cancer specifically for African Americans that suggests a greater risk from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a report published in the September issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Etzel and [...]

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Knowing lung cancer risk models for specific populations improves prediction

M. D. Anderson-led team develops first-ever lung cancer population model for African-Americans, expands previous model. Lung cancer risk prediction models are enhanced by taking into account risk factors by race and by measuring DNA repair capacity, according to research teams led by epidemiologists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in two [...]

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Non Smoker Lung Cancer Cases Need More Research

Nonsmokers also contract lung cancer, despite of healthy lifestyle they conduct. This means that while it is clear how smokers can avoid the disease, more needs to be done to help nonsmokers avoid lung cancer. A study by researchers from American Cancer Society looked at the data of lifelong nonsmokers living North America, Europe, and [...]

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Blacks With Breathing Conditions Have Higher Lung Cancer Risk

Blacks with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease — including chronic bronchitis and some types of serious chronic asthma — have a risk for developing lung cancer about twice as high as that of whites with the condition, according to a study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, Reuters reports. For the study, lead researcher Carol [...]

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Doctor’s Empathy Important For Lung Cancer Communication

Empathy is important in patient-physician communication and is associated with improved patient satisfaction and adherence to physicians’ recommendations. To evaluate empathic opportunities and physician responses, we conducted a qualitative thematic analysis of 20 audiorecorded, transcribed consultations between patients with lung cancer and their thoracic surgeons or oncologists, from a larger observational study of 137 patients [...]

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What Kind Of Cancer Did Paul Newman Have

Movie star and a good man Paul Newman died today of cancer at age 83. Many people and funs have been asking what kind of cancer did Paul Newman have. It was lung cancer. Paul Newman had been battling lung cancer since June 2008. He pulled out of directing a stage production of John Steinbeck’s [...]

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Lung Cancer Alliance On the Death of Paul Newman

All of us at Lung Cancer Alliance, our Board, our advocates and the patients, families and caregivers we represent, extend our deepest sympathy to the wife and family of Paul Newman. Mr. Newman was an icon of the American stage and film, loved by audiences around the world. He and his devoted and equally talented [...]

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Lung Cancer In Non-Smokers Is 6th Biggest Cancer Killer

While lung cancer in smokers and former smokers is the biggest cancer killer by far, lung cancer in people who have never smoked is – by itself – the sixth biggest cancer killer in the United States. “Most people are not aware that lung cancer among non-smokers has such an enormous impact,” said Lung Cancer [...]

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Can Biomarkers Help Guide Treatment For Lung Cancer?

Today a large, national clinical trial for non-small cell lung cancer was launched to validate whether a biomarker can predict clinical benefit in the treatment of this disease. Biomarkers, which are molecules found in the body that can signal an abnormal process or disease, would identify a target, known as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). [...]

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In lung cancer surgery practice makes perfect

Patients operated on by surgeons who do not routinely remove cancer from the lungs may be at a higher risk for complications, according to a study conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. “Our study found that hospitals that do higher volumes of these types of surgeries have correspondingly lower mortality rates than those [...]

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