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Tissue Analyses Indicate Survival Benefits For Some Lung Cancer Patients
November 13, 2008 — Taking small tissue samples from patients with lung cancer and examining them under a microscope, a procedure called histology, is now being utilized to better tailor the chemotherapy treatments to ... > full story -
Gender Is Key Factor In Determining Overall Survival Of Lung Cancer Patients
November 13, 2008 — Even though some combinations of gender, race and/or marital status can factor into the overall survival of nonoperative non-small cell lung cancer patients, gender is the most significant factor ... > full story -
Overexpression Of OLC1 Gene Associated With Smoking-Related Lung Cancer
November 11, 2008 — The Overexpressed in Lung Cancer 1 (OLC1) gene is expressed at high levels in the majority of lung cancers, more often in samples from smokers than nonsmokers, and its expression is increased in ... > full story -
Repairing DNA Damage: Researchers Discover Critical Process In Cancer Treatment
November 6, 2008 — From the sun's UVA rays to tobacco smoke, our environment is chock-full of DNA-damaging agents that can lead to cancer. Thanks to our body's DNA repair mechanisms, however, the effects of many ... > full story -
Racial Disparities Increasing For Cancers Unrelated To Smoking, Study Finds
November 6, 2008 — A new American Cancer Society study finds that recent progress in closing the gap in overall cancer mortality between African-Americans and whites may be due primarily to smoking-related cancers, and ... > full story -
Should Metastasectomy Be Performed Before Other Treatments?
October 31, 2008 — Primary hepatocellular carcinoma is a major cancer related to HBV viral infection in Asian countries, including Japan. Recently, the primary liver cancers are successfully treated by surgical ... > full story -
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Offers Comprehensive Cancer Removal Compared To Open Surgery, Study Suggests
October 28, 2008 — Minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer called video-assisted thoracic surgery or VATS is a relatively new procedure performed almost exclusively at academic centers. Now, a preliminary study is ... > full story -
Early Trial Of New Multi-Kinase Inhibitor Shows Impressive Activity In Thyroid Cancer
October 23, 2008 — Preliminary trials of a new multi-kinase inhibitor have indicated it has impressive tumor shrinkage activity in patients with a difficult to treat type of thyroid cancer. The results have put the ... > full story -
New Genes Linked To Lung Cancer In Large-Scale Genetic Study
October 22, 2008 — A multi-institution team reports results of the largest effort to date to chart the genetic changes involved in the most common form of lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma. The findings should help pave ... > full story -
Chest Scans May Help Monitor Spread Of Head And Neck Cancer In High-Risk Patients
October 20, 2008 — Among high-risk patients with head and neck cancer, chest computed tomography may help detect disease progression involving the lungs, according to a new ... > full story
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