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SAN FRANCISCO – Additional research continues to show good outcomes with a new process that allows successful transplant of lungs that might otherwise be deemed unacceptable. Researchers at the Organ Regeneration Laboratory at the University of Toronto evaluated and repaired 58 donor lungs over... »
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Smoking Bans, Taxes Could Save Nearly $2 Billion in Health Costs
Enacting comprehensive state laws that ban smoking in workplaces and restaurants as well as raising the cigarette tax by $1 per pack across the country could bring in billions in revenue for cash-strapped states, while also... »
European Trial Upholds Use of Erlotinib in EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer
CHICAGO – Data from the prospective, phase-III EURTAC trial cement the need for personalized treatment of lung cancer patients but also leave clinicians in uncharted waters in terms of treatment options. First-line... »
Enacting comprehensive state laws that ban smoking in workplaces and restaurants as well as raising the cigarette tax by $1 per pack across the country could bring in billions in revenue for cash-strapped states, while also... »
European Trial Upholds Use of Erlotinib in EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer
CHICAGO – Data from the prospective, phase-III EURTAC trial cement the need for personalized treatment of lung cancer patients but also leave clinicians in uncharted waters in terms of treatment options. First-line... »
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Ex Vivo Perfusion Expands Pool of Lung Transplants
SAN FRANCISCO – Additional research continues to show good outcomes with a new process that allows successful transplant of lungs that might otherwise be deemed unacceptable. Researchers at the Organ Regeneration... »
American Lung Association Endorses CT Screening for Heavy Smokers
The American Lung Association has thrown its weight behind low-dose CT screening of heavy smokers who meet criteria set forth in the National Lung Screening Trial. The group emphasized that it does not recommend universal... »
Maintenance Immunotherapy Extends Survival in Multiple Advanced Cancers
CHICAGO – Maintenance immunotherapy with low-dose interleukin-2 and 13-cis-retinoic acid demonstrated an "unexpected" survival benefit in a phase II trial among 500 patients who had derived clinical benefit... »
SAN FRANCISCO – Additional research continues to show good outcomes with a new process that allows successful transplant of lungs that might otherwise be deemed unacceptable. Researchers at the Organ Regeneration... »
American Lung Association Endorses CT Screening for Heavy Smokers
The American Lung Association has thrown its weight behind low-dose CT screening of heavy smokers who meet criteria set forth in the National Lung Screening Trial. The group emphasized that it does not recommend universal... »
Maintenance Immunotherapy Extends Survival in Multiple Advanced Cancers
CHICAGO – Maintenance immunotherapy with low-dose interleukin-2 and 13-cis-retinoic acid demonstrated an "unexpected" survival benefit in a phase II trial among 500 patients who had derived clinical benefit... »
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Stereotactic Radiation Gives Elderly Lung Cancer Patients an Alternative to Surgery
AMSTERDAM – Wide adoption of stereotactic ablative radiation as radiotherapy for elderly patients with stage 1 non–small cell lung cancer in the Netherlands produced a dramatic rise in overall survival during the... »
Video Report: Highlights From the World Conference on Lung Cancer
AMSTERDAM – Dr. Roy S. Herbst cites post hoc analysis of the FLEX trial as a highlight of IASLC's World Conference on Lung Cancer. Investigators quantified EGFR number by an immunohistochemistry stain. Tumors with high... »
Iloprost
Endobronchial dysplasia significantly improved in former smokees who received oral iloprost during a phase II trial, says study investigator Dr. Robert Keith. Bob Finn of the Global Medical News Network (GMNN) reports from... »
AMSTERDAM – Wide adoption of stereotactic ablative radiation as radiotherapy for elderly patients with stage 1 non–small cell lung cancer in the Netherlands produced a dramatic rise in overall survival during the... »
Video Report: Highlights From the World Conference on Lung Cancer
AMSTERDAM – Dr. Roy S. Herbst cites post hoc analysis of the FLEX trial as a highlight of IASLC's World Conference on Lung Cancer. Investigators quantified EGFR number by an immunohistochemistry stain. Tumors with high... »
Iloprost
Endobronchial dysplasia significantly improved in former smokees who received oral iloprost during a phase II trial, says study investigator Dr. Robert Keith. Bob Finn of the Global Medical News Network (GMNN) reports from... »
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