Lung Cancer News

July 26, 2024

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Ultrasensitive Liquid Biopsy Tech Spots Cancer Earlier Than Standard Methods

June 14, 2024 — An artificial intelligence-powered method for detecting tumor DNA in blood has shown unprecedented sensitivity in predicting cancer recurrence. The new technology has the potential to improve cancer ...

Why Many Lung Cancer Patients Who Have Never Smoked Have Worse Outcomes

June 13, 2024 — The reason why targeted treatment for non-small cell lung cancer fails to work for some patients, particularly those who have never smoked, has been ...

Lung Cancer Study Offers Further Evidence on Importance of Screening

May 21, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated the benefits of lung cancer screening across socioeconomic groups. Evidence in the new study illustrates the value and importance of screening, especially for those who live in areas of economic ...

Pre And Post-Surgical Immunotherapy Improves Outcomes for Patients With Operable Lung Cancer

May 15, 2024 — Compared with pre-surgical (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy alone, adding perioperative immunotherapy -- given before and after surgery -- significantly improved event-free survival (EFS) in patients with ...

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Diabetes Drug Reduces Drug Resistance in Lung Cancer, Improving Chemotherapy Effectiveness

July 17, 2024 — A medication used to treat diabetic neuropathy may make chemotherapy treatments more effective for patients with lung cancer, according to new ...

New Study Finds 40-Percent of Cancer Cases and Almost Half of All Deaths in the US Linked to Modifiable Risk Factors

July 11, 2024 — A new study finds four in 10 cancer cases and about one-half of all cancer deaths in adults 30 years old and older in the United States (or 713,340 ...

Nano-Immunotherapy Developed to Improve Lung Cancer Treatment

June 14, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new nanomedicine therapy that delivers anticancer drugs to lung cancer cells and enhances the immune system's ability to fight cancer. The team showed promising results ...

Artificial Intelligence Blood Test Provides a Reliable Way to Identify Lung Cancer

June 6, 2024 — Using artificial intelligence technology to identify patterns of DNA fragments associated with lung cancer, researchers have developed and validated ...

Nanoparticle Delivery of FZD4 to Lung Endothelial Cells Inhibits Lung Cancer Progression and Metastases

Apr. 16, 2024 — A recent breakthrough study has shown potential to improve therapeutic outcomes for patients suffering from lung ...

Colorless, Odorless Gas Likely Linked to Alarming Rise in Non-Smoking Lung Cancer

Apr. 11, 2024 — Although lung cancer is traditionally thought of as a 'smoker's disease,' a surprising 15-20% of newly diagnosed lung cancers occur in people who ...

Genetically Engineered Dendritic Cells Enhance the Power of Immunotherapy Against Lung Cancer

Mar. 26, 2024 — A new study suggest that using CXCL9 and CXCL10-producing dendritic cells alongside immunotherapy can be a promising strategy to overcome treatment ...

AI May Predict Spread of Lung Cancer to Brain

Mar. 11, 2024 — Scientists trained a machine-learning algorithm to predict accurately brain metastasis using biopsy samples from early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients. It was also highly accurate in ...

Study Unravels the Earliest Cellular Genesis of Lung Adenocarcinoma

Feb. 28, 2024 — Researchers built a new atlas of lung cells, uncovering new cellular pathways and precursors in the development of lung adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer. These findings open the ...

Genetic Signature May Predict Response to Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Feb. 23, 2024 — A new study identified a set of 140 genes that may help predict enhanced disease-free survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...

Study Finds New Inhalable Therapy Is a Big Step Forward in Lung Cancer Research

Feb. 15, 2024 — Biomedical engineers have developed a technique that uses inhalation of exosomes, or nanobubbles, to directly deliver IL-12 mRNA to the lungs of ...

Scientists Discover Hidden Army of Lung Flu Fighters

Feb. 14, 2024 — Scientists have long thought of the fluid-filled sac around our lungs merely as a cushion from external damage. Turns out, it also houses potent virus-eating cells that rush into the lungs during flu ...

How One Type of Lung Cancer Can Transform Into Another

Feb. 8, 2024 — Lung tumors called adenocarcinomas sometimes respond to initially effective treatments by transforming into a much more aggressive small cell lung cancer (SCLC) that spreads rapidly and has few ...

Lung Cancer Hijacks Immune Cell Metabolism to Fuel Its Own Growth

Feb. 7, 2024 — Scientists discovered a novel self-perpetuating cancer mechanism in the lung microenvironment, wherein EGFR-driven lung adenocarcinoma cells exploit lung-resident macrophages -- remodeling them to ...

Liquid Biopsy Predicts Immunotherapy Response and Toxicity in Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer

Dec. 12, 2023 — By monitoring changes in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) among 30 patients treated with immunotherapies for metastatic non-small cell lung cancers, researchers were able to determine molecular response ...

A Type of Allergy Medicine Might Help Treat Lung Cancer

Dec. 6, 2023 — Researchers have identified an allergy pathway that, when blocked, unleashes antitumor immunity in mouse models of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). And in an early parallel study in humans, ...

Drugs Already Licensed Could Be Trialled to Potentially Treat Secondary Brain Cancer

Nov. 29, 2023 — The largest review of papers for brain cancer that has spread from the lungs has found abnormalities in the brain cancer and for which licensed drugs could be clinically trialed to find out if they ...

Lung Cancer Cells' 'Memories' Suggest New Strategy for Improving Treatment

Nov. 17, 2023 — Research shows that some lung cancer cells retain a 'memory' of the healthy cell where they came from -- one that might be exploited to make an emerging type of lung cancer treatment ...

High Lung Cancer Rates in Naval Veterans Linked to Asbestos

Nov. 14, 2023 — A new study has discovered asbestos exposure led to a higher incidence of asbestos-related lung cancers in British and Australian naval personnel than in other armed ...

Pleural Mesothelioma: New Therapeutic Approach to Enhance Sensitivity to Chemo And Radiotherapy

Oct. 11, 2023 — Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is mainly caused by asbestos exposure and characterized by poor prognosis and limited therapeutic options. A recent research study identified the oncoprotein YB-1 as an ...

New Target to Beat Cancer Drug Resistance

Sep. 22, 2023 — A novel drug target has been newly identified in the fight against drug resistance in cancer ...

Small Cell Lung Cancer: New Approach to Overcoming Chemo-Resistance

Sep. 21, 2023 — Small cell lung cancer accounts for about 15 percent of all diagnosed lung cancers and is still associated with a high mortality rate. SCLC tumours often develop resistance to chemotherapy and thus ...

A Combination of Cancer Inhibitors Shows Success in Slowing Tumor Growth

Sep. 12, 2023 — An international team of researchers has demonstrated that a combination of inhibitors may suppress tumor growth and prevent relapse in patients with certain cancers, including head and neck squamous ...

New Genes and Natural Toxins Offer Hope for Cancer Patients Unresponsive to Chemotherapy

Sep. 4, 2023 — Scientists have discovered two new genes that cause head and neck cancer patients to be resistant to chemotherapy, and that silencing either gene can make cancer cells previously unresponsive to ...

Antioxidants Stimulate Blood Flow in Tumors

Aug. 31, 2023 — Vitamin C and other antioxidants stimulate the formation of new blood vessels in lung cancer tumors, a new study shows. The discovery corroborates the idea that dietary supplements containing ...

Blood Cell Insights Offer Potential Boost to Lung Cancer Therapies

Aug. 30, 2023 — Fresh discoveries about a type of immune cells could give lung cancer patients a more accurate prognosis and better identify who will benefit from immunotherapies. Researchers found that the location ...

Research Into Use of Diabetes Medication for Treatment of Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Aug. 14, 2023 — Patients with localized prostate cancer have a good chance of survival, but mortality rates among those with advanced, metastatic forms of the condition remain high. Until now, the precise mechanism ...

Study May Bring Improved Therapy to Preselected Lung Cancer Patients

Aug. 9, 2023 — New findings may lead to relapse-free treatment for a sizeable subgroup of lung cancer patients. In a study in mice, scientists have identified a biomarker that may help physicians select lung cancer ...

Researchers Pinpoint Protein Tied to Drug Resistance in Patients With Lung Cancer

July 12, 2023 — Cancer therapies that target specific genetic abnormalities in tumors have revolutionized treatment possibilities over the past two decades. While quality of life and survival are improved with ...

Significant Progress in Small-Cell Lung Cancer Research

June 22, 2023 — Small-cell lung cancer is a particularly aggressive type of tumor with a consistently high mortality rate. In recent years, the research of scientists has significantly contributed to a better ...