Lung Cancer News

• Exercise During Active Cancer Treatment: New ASCO Guideline A new ASCO guideline recommends physical activity during cancer treatment, but notes that there is insufficient evidence to recommend specific diets or intentional weight loss or gain.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Some Smokers Don't Get Lung Cancer; Genetics Might Explain It Smoking can cause cell mutations that lead to lung cancer; however, some people may have a genetic defense against it.
  WebMD Health News, May 19, 2022
• Improved Cancer Survival in States with ACA Medicaid Expansion An increase in cancer survival rates has been seen in states that implemented Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• ESOC 2022 Stroke in the Young: Cancer in Disguise? Young stroke patients have an increased risk of being diagnosed with a new cancer in the years following their stroke, a new study shows.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Cancer and COVID: What Can Increase Risk of Dying? A large meta-analysis suggests that younger age and lung and blood cancers, as well as treatment with chemotherapy, raise the risk for death from COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Nearly 234,000 Cancer Cases Predicted in Canada This Year Although overall cancer rates are declining in Canada, the number of cases and deaths continue to climb due to population growth and an aging population.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• New Class of Cancer Drugs Down, Not Out, After Roche Trial Setback: Analysts The fresh blow to Roche's hopes in a closely watched class of cancer immunotherapies cast a long shadow across the crowded field on Wednesday, but the latest setback is not the end of the road for these oncology treatments, analysts say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 11, 2022
• Risk of Dying From New Cancer Higher in Young Cancer Survivors Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors are at an increased risk of developing and dying from a second primary cancer, highlighting the critical role of surveillance and survivorship care.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Quitting Smoking Even After Lung Cancer Diagnosis Worth Doing Accumulating data show that patients who quit smoking at or around the time they are diagnosed with lung cancer live longer than those who continue to smoke.
  Medscape Medical News, May 12, 2022
• Women With Lung Cancer Live Longer Than Men The survival advantage for women with lung cancer over that of men is largely accounted for by known prognostic factors, Australian researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• ATS 2022 ATS 2022: Restoration in the Aftermath of COVID-19 Lessons learned from the pandemic will be a central theme of this year's meeting, held live for the first time since 2019.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Substantial Medical Debt, Bankruptcy Linked to Thyroid Cancer Compared to other cancers, patients with thyroid cancer may face more significant financial woes, including higher rates of bankruptcy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Clinical Chest Images Improve Survival Prediction in Lung Cancer A new study suggests that combining clinical and imaging features can help predict overall survival in early-stage disease.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Proton-Beam Therapy Increasingly Popular in the US Physicians in the US are increasingly using proton-beam therapy to treat newly diagnosed cancer patients, a new study finds.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2022
• ESMO BCC 2022 Promising Antitumor Activity After One ADC Dose in Breast Cancer Early data suggest that the antibody drug conjugate patritumab deruxtecan increases antitumor activity in early-stage breast cancer after a single dose.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• ACP-IM 2022 Bone, Breath, Heart, Guts: Eight Essential Papers in Primary Care At the 2022 ACP-IM meeting, editors from the Annals of Internal Medicine highlighted recent papers with key implications for internal medicine clinicians.
  Medscape Medical News, May 04, 2022
• Clinical Chest Images Power Up Survival Prediction in Lung Cancer Radiation oncologists can use CT chest images for more than radiation treatment plans, study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• Lasting Immunogenicity of Pfizer COVID Vaccine in Patients With Solid Tumors New research points to long-lasting cellular and humoral responses to the Pfizer/BioNTech (BNT162b2) COVID-19 vaccine in patients with solid tumors.
  Reuters Health Information, April 28, 2022
• FDA Proposes Ban on Menthol Tobacco Products Healthcare groups hailed the proposal as a critical step to keep cigarettes out of the mouths of children and Black Americans, who are particularly likely to smoke menthol tobacco products.
  WebMD Health News, April 28, 2022
• Alert EU OK for New Drugs for Lung Cancer and Follicular Lymphoma Capmatinib for lung cancer and mosunetuzumab for follicular lymphoma have been recommended for approval in the European Union.
  International Approvals, April 25, 2022