05/02/2010 | The prognosis for lung cancer patients remains poor, with most still diagnosed with advanced disease, a study from Western Australia shows.
04/12/2009 | In an update to its 2003 guidelines for stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer chemotherapy, the American Society of Clinical Oncology says that age alone should not affect the choice of treatment protocol.
20/11/2009 | A study looking at expectations and preferences for follow-up care in lung cancer patients has found that the majority of patients place the most importance on seeing the same doctor or health care professional at each visit.
04/11/2009 | A meta-analysis by Australian authors that demonstrated a small OS gain in patients with NSCLC exposed to a longer duration of chemotherapy has been criticised by Brazilian oncologists.
22/09/2009 | Women taking hormone therapy who develop lung cancer are more likely to die from the disease than non-users, research shows. 1 comment
04/09/2009 | Screening lung cancer patients for the EGFR gene mutation could help identify those who will benefit most from treatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor erlotinib, Spanish research shows.
14/08/2009 | The EML4-ALK fusion oncogene defines a molecular subset of non-small-cell lung cancers that do not benefit from EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors, research shows.
16/07/2009 | Extending chemotherapy beyond a standard number of cycles delays disease progression substantially but has only modest effects on overall survival in patients with advanced NSCLC, a meta-analysis by Australian oncologists concludes.
02/07/2009 | Adding combined PET-CT imaging to conventional staging in patients suspected of having operable non-small-cell lung cancer reduces the number of futile thoracotomies but does not affect mortality, Danish oncologists have concluded.
04/06/2009 | Hormone therapy with oestrogen plus progestin for more than 5 years increased the risk of death in women diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, a secondary analyses from the Women's Health Initiative finds.