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Cancer Vaccine Impact Limited Unless Drug Industry Focuses on Difficult-to-Treat Tumors, Experts Say
November 21, 2011 — Drug companies currently developing therapeutic cancer vaccines may be determining the cancers they target based on the number of annual cases, not the number of deaths they cause. This approach may ... > full story -
New Device Uses Gold Nanoparticles to Test for Lung Cancer
November 17, 2011 — A new device clearly distinguishes between the volatile organic compounds in cancer patients' exhaled breath compared to the breath of a control group. Subjects simply exhale into a bag, and the ... > full story -
Milk Thistle Extract Stops Lung Cancer in Mice, Study Shows
November 15, 2011 — A new study shows that the milk thistle extract, silibinin, interferes with cell signaling that otherwise leads to the production of tumor-causing enzymes COX2 and ... > full story -
Antifolates Show Promise Against NSCLC Subtype
November 14, 2011 — Patients with non-small cell lung cancer who have mutations in the KRAS gene should respond well to the antifolate class of drugs, according to results of a recent study comparing human lung cancer ... > full story -
Embryonic Signal Drives Pancreatic Cancer and Offers a Way to Kill It
November 3, 2011 — Pancreatic cancer is a particularly challenging one to beat; it has a tendency to spread and harbors cancer stem cells that stubbornly resist conventional approaches to therapy. Now, researchers have ... > full story -
Annual Screening With Chest X-Ray Does Not Reduce Rate of Lung Cancer Deaths, Study Finds
October 26, 2011 — In a trial that included more than 150,000 participants, those who underwent annual chest radiographic screening for up to 4 years did not have a significantly lower rate of death from lung cancer ... > full story -
Lung Cancer Patients With Diabetes Show Prolonged Survival
October 17, 2011 — Lung cancer patients with diabetes tend to live longer than patients without diabetes, according to a Norwegian ... > full story -
Smoking Cigarettes Simulates Cystic Fibrosis
October 12, 2011 — If you smoke cigarettes, you have more in common with someone who has cystic fibrosis than you think. A new research report shows that smoking cigarettes affects the lungs in a way that is very ... > full story -
Test Helps Reduce Risk of Death in Advanced Lung Cancer
October 11, 2011 — A new test has helped reduce the risk of death in lung cancer patients in a recent clinical ... > full story -
Inhaler Treatment for Lung Cancer
October 11, 2011 — Lung cancer patients could receive safer and more efficient treatment through a new ... > full story
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