Nanoengineered Plant Virus Could Protect and Save Your Lungs From Metastatic Cancer
Using a virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants, nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new treatment that could keep metastatic…
Lung Cancer
Genetic Analysis Illuminates Origins of Lung Cancer in People With No History of Smoking
A genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking has found that a majority of these tumors arise from the accumulation…
Lung Cancer: Breakthrough Offers Hope for Increasing Immunotherapy Efficacy
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Current treatments employ immunotherapy, often in combination with chemotherapy, but benefits to patients remain slight. In…
Lung Cancer Resistance: The Key Is Glucose Metabolism
Cancers are not only made of tumor cells. In fact, as they grow, they develop an entire cellular ecosystem within and around them. This “tumor…
Rapid Decrease in Lung Cancer and Melanoma Deaths in the United States
Overall incidence rates continue to increase in women, children and adolescents, and young adults. Overall cancer death rates continue to decline in men and women…
Artificial Intelligence Program Accurately Predicts Lung Cancer Risk
An artificial intelligence (AI) program accurately predicts the risk that lung nodules detected on screening CT will become cancerous, according to a study published in…
Blocking Sugar Metabolism Slows the Growth of Lung Cancer Tumors
Treatments that block two sugar-transporting proteins could help slow the growth of lung tumors, new research from EPFL suggests. Blocking a pair of sugar-transporting proteins…
Continued Nicotine Use May Promote Brain Tumors in Lung Cancer Patients
Wake Forest researchers suggest nicotine replacement therapies may not be suitable smoking cessation strategies for this population. Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine have…
Vaping Danger: E-Cigarette Smoke Causes Lung Cancer in Mice
Exposure to electronic-cigarette (E-cig) smoke caused mice to develop lung cancer, a new study finds. Published online today, October 7, 2019, in Proceedings of National…
Mesothelioma Trial Suggests Immunotherapy as an Alternative to Chemotherapy
Patients with mesothelioma may gain similar benefit from immunotherapy as chemotherapy, and good responders may provide important clues to novel treatment for the thousands of…
Blood Test Can Replace Invasive Biopsy for More Patients With Lung Cancer
A growing number of patients with advanced lung cancer could soon be offered a blood test to help to decide the best treatment for them…
Study Shows Thirdhand Smoke Increases Lung Cancer Risk
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) identified thirdhand smoke, the toxic residues that linger on indoor surfaces and in…
MIT Biologists Discover Key Step in Lung Cancer Evolution
A team of researchers from MIT has discovered a major switch that occurs as adenomas transition to adenocarcinomas in lung cancer. They’ve also discovered that…
New Breath Test Provides Non‐Invasive Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have developed a method that can detect the disease at an early stage. New research on healthy volunteers and…
Rare ALK Genetic Mutation Extends Cancer Survival
A new study from Yale University reveals that patients with the rare ALK mutation are living an average of four years, compared to typical patients…
Cataloging Studies of Lung Cancer Will Help Boost Effectiveness of Targeted Therapies
About 1.6 million people worldwide are diagnosed with lung cancer each year, and less than 20% are alive five years later. Lung cancer causes a…