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Personalized Treatment Advances: Testing For Mutations Identified In Squamous Cell Lung Cancer Tumors
Screening lung cancer tumor samples for cancer-causing, or "driver," genetic mutations can help physicians tailor patients' treatments to target those specific mutations...

Valuable Tool In Lung Cancer Screening - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology says video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a valuable tool in managing lesions detected in a lung cancer screening program...

Possible Diagnostic Technique For Lung Cancer Screening
The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology says molecular biomarkers in the tissue and fluid lining the lungs might be an additional predictive technique for lung cancer screening. Since the National Lung Screening Trial found that 96...

Tumor Size May Predict Chemotherapy's Effect On Overall Survival In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology indicates there might be a positive correlation between tumor size and adjuvant platinum based chemotherapy in surgically resected patients with node negative non-small cell lung cancer...

Response To Lung Cancer Therapy May Be Determined By Molecular Subtypes And Genetic Alterations
Cancer therapies targeting specific molecular subtypes of the disease allow physicians to tailor treatment to a patient's individual molecular profile. But scientists are finding that in many types of cancer the molecular subtypes are more varied than previously thought and contain further genetic alterations that can affect a patient's response to therapy...

Researchers Describe A New Target For Developing Anti-Angiogenic And Anti-Tumoral Therapies
Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Jorge L. Martínez-Torrecuadrada from the Proteomics Unit, have demonstrated that the antibody-based blocking of ephrinB2, a protein involved in angiogenesis and lymphoangiogenesis, may represent an effective strategy for the development of antiangiogenic and antitumoural therapies...

Scientists Aim To Starve Lung Tumours
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death throughout the world. Standard treatment methods do not usually result in long-term recovery. In addition to the proliferation of the tumour cells, the growth of blood vessels controls tumors development. The blood vessel growth is controlled by several signalling molecules...

Advanced Radiotherapy Linked To Improved Survival Rates Among Elderly Lung Cancer Patients
The latest issue of the journal Annals of Oncology reports that a major new study by one of the country's leading cancer centers, the VU University Medical Center (VUMC) in Amsterdam has revealed that widespread use of advanced radiotherapy techniques in the Netherlands has resulted in improved survival rates amongst elderly lung cancer patients...

Lung Cancer Patients Benefit From Patient Education Video When Viewed Before Their Operation
A patient education process may provide an antidote to the emotional and physical difficulties that lung cancer patients face before and after an operation, according to a new study published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons...

Emphasis On Making Psychosocial Care Part Of Routine Cancer Care Pays Off For Patients
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have placed new emphasis on gathering data on cancer patient quality of life during both treatment and survivorship. Their focus is on gathering and using that data to develop interventions to improve the quality of life for patients in treatment and for cancer survivors...

Boron-Nitride Nanotubes Show Potential In Cancer Treatment
A new study has shown that adding boron-nitride nanotubes to the surface of cancer cells can double the effectiveness of Irreversible Electroporation, a minimally invasive treatment for soft tissue tumors in the liver, lung, prostate, head and neck, kidney and pancreas. Although this research is in the very early stages, it could one day lead to better therapies for cancer...

Tobacco Exposure And Genetics Linked To Lung Cancer Risk
According to a study in the April 25 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, genotype rs1051730-rs16969968 and objective measures of tobacco exposure are associated with each other. The link indicates that the risk of developing lung cancer is mostly, if not completely, caused by the level of tobacco exposure...

Tobacco Exposure, Genetic Variants And Lung Cancer Risk
There is an association between the rs1051730-rs16969968 genotype and objective measures of tobacco exposure, which indicates that lung cancer risk is largely, if not entirely, mediated by level of tobacco exposure, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...

Gene Critical To Development And Spread Of Lung Cancer Identified
A single gene that promotes initial development of the most common form of lung cancer and its lethal metastases has been identified by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Their study suggests other forms of cancer may also be driven by this gene, matrix metalloproteinase-10 (MMP-10)...

Silicosis Is Still A Major Killer Globally
Free crystalline silicon dioxide, or silica, is one of the most common minerals worldwide. It is used to manufacture many items, including glass, bottles, ceramics, but it is also a common additive in the production of foods where it is primarily used as a flow agent in powdered foods or to absorb water...