Hooray! A Clearer Estimate of Your Risk for Death Is Here Researchers do the legwork to incorporate smoking status into NCI's "Know Your Chances" website Jun 09, 2023
TTFields Therapy Yields OS Improvement in Second-Line NSCLC However, device was not tested alongside current standard of care, expert points out Jun 08, 2023
Checkpoint Blockade Stumbles in Advanced EGFR-Mutant NSCLC "Immediate changes" needed to patient care to avoid unnecessary toxicity, says ASCO expert Jun 07, 2023
Certain NSCLC Patients May Be Able to Stop Immunotherapy at 2 Years Retrospective study finds no difference in OS between patients who stop and those who continue Jun 06, 2023
New Data in NSCLC Bolster Support for Perioperative Immunotherapy EFS benefit with pembrolizumab in KEYNOTE-671, but no OS benefit "yet," says investigator Jun 05, 2023
New Standard in Operable EGFR-Positive Lung Cancer "We should firmly close the door on one-size-fits-all treatment," says ASCO expert Jun 04, 2023
Lung Cancer Screening Results Influence Follow-Up Adherence Study suggests groups to target for enhanced outreach to encourage regular screening May 25, 2023
Drug Shortages Hit Oncology; Telemedicine Tops In-Person; Sniffing Out Lung Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 12, 2023
'Potential' New Option for Operable NSCLC Adding perioperative durvalumab to neoadjuvant chemo improved pCR rates, event-free survival Apr 17, 2023
FDA Allows Lower Risk Designation for Snuff Product The brand joins a limited few granted modified risk tobacco claims Mar 16, 2023
'Winners' and 'Losers'; Mandated Sick Leave and Cancer Screening; More AI Advances News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Mar 03, 2023
Cancer Drugs That Didn't Work; Another HIV Cure; Kiss of Success With Mistletoe News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Feb 24, 2023
AI Tool Forecasts Lung Cancer Risk From a Single CT Scan Experts give high marks to performance of "Sybil" in predicting disease over 6 years Feb 07, 2023
Risk Model-Based Lung Cancer Screening More Cost-Effective Than USPSTF Recs Risk prediction models more sensitive than age-, smoking history-based methods Feb 07, 2023
Bispecific Antibody Active in Relapsed/Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer A majority of patients obtained disease control with tarlatamab; responses proved durable Feb 01, 2023
Immunotherapy Survival Gains 'Less Impressive' in Older Lung Cancer Patients Study finds median OS improvement of just 1 month for patients 75 and older Jan 26, 2023
Xeljanz Cancer Risks Detailed New paper provides full results from ORAL Surveillance trial Dec 07, 2022
Lung Cancer Survival High for Patients With Early, Screen-Detected Tumors Two decades of I-ELCAP follow-up data show 80% lung cancer-specific survival rate Nov 28, 2022
Lung Cancer Screening Programs Hit the Mark on Eligibility Criteria However, adherence to follow-up screening is "suboptimal" Oct 10, 2022
FDA Grants First Tumor-Agnostic Approval for RET Fusion-Positive Cancers Selpercatinib approved for advanced or metastatic solid tumors that progress on systemic therapy Sep 22, 2022
KRAS Inhibitor Tops Docetaxel for Previously Treated NSCLC "New second-line standard" in KRAS G12C-mutant disease, says study investigator Sep 13, 2022
Survival Bump in Unfit NSCLC With First-Line Immunotherapy Atezolizumab doubles OS at 2 years versus chemotherapy in those ineligible for platinum doublets Sep 12, 2022
Combination Therapy Shows Promise for NSCLC That Progresses on Osimertinib About half of patients responded to tepotinib plus osimertinib, but efficacy ceiling persists Sep 12, 2022
Locking Down a Link Between Pollution and EGFR-Mutated Lung NSCLC Study also shed lights on what may lead to lung cancer in never smokers Sep 11, 2022
Study: Microwave Ablation for Lung Nodules Effective as Last Resort Good option for patients who can't have surgery or radiotherapy, surgeon says Sep 08, 2022
'Clinically Meaningful' Improvement in SCLC Patients With Pembrolizumab/Chemo Combo Long-term follow-up shows continued survival benefit as first-line treatment Aug 11, 2022
Triple Therapy Continues to Impress in Metastatic NSCLC With High-Risk Mutations Meaningful survival boosts in POSEIDON trial of front-line durvalumab, tremelimumab, and chemo Aug 10, 2022
Survey: 77% of Women With Lung Cancer Report Sexual Dysfunction Results show need to integrate sexual health into care, researcher says Aug 09, 2022
Neodjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy Takes Another Step Forward in Stage IIIA-B NSCLC Phase II trial supports neoadjuvant nivolumab plus chemotherapy Aug 09, 2022
New Data Bolster Atezolizumab as Adjuvant Tx in NSCLC Overall survival benefit now demonstrated Aug 09, 2022
Low-Dose Sotorasib 'Lead-in' Strategy Promising in NSCLC Subset Early phase results set the stage for KRAS/immune-targeted combo as potential first-line option Aug 08, 2022
Sublobar Resection the 'New Standard of Care' in Small-Sized NSCLC? Large randomized study shows non-inferiority to lobectomy Aug 08, 2022
Hearing Loss Plagues Cancer Survivors No Matter the Type of Chemo Ototoxicity reported in more than half of study patients who got platinum, taxanes, or both Aug 03, 2022
Lorlatinib Reduces CNS Progression in ALK-Positive NSCLC Post-hoc analysis of CROWN trial does find more central nervous system toxicity, however Jun 14, 2022
A Better Way to Irradiate Lethal CNS Metastases? Randomized trial makes case for proton craniospinal irradiation for leptomeningeal spread Jun 08, 2022
Tiragolumab Fails in Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer No change in survival when combined with atezolizumab and chemotherapy Jun 06, 2022
Immunotherapy Rechallenge in NSCLC Yields Overall Survival Boost Phase II trial sees "synergistic benefit" with checkpoint blockade and anti-angiogenesis Jun 04, 2022
KRAS Inhibitor Shrinks Tumors in Over 40% of NSCLC Patients Median survival surpasses 1 year in heavily pretreated population Jun 03, 2022
Durvalumab Combinations Push the Response Envelope in Unresectable NSCLC Big increases in response, disease control with the addition of anti-CD73, anti-NKG2A agents May 02, 2022
Stop Calling It Cancer; AI Gets a Win in Bladder Cancer; Lack of Price Transparency News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Apr 22, 2022
