Friday, November 4th, 2011
A study published Online First in The Lancet Oncology reveals that patients who suffer from the most common form of lung cancer and whose tumors express high levels of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tend to benefit more from being treated with cetuximab and have a longer life-expectancy compared with ...
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
According to a report in the Oct. 28 issue of the journal Cell, investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College have made an important discovery in their mission to "turn on" lung regeneration. This finding could effectively treat millions of individuals who suffer with respiratory disorders. The team has discovered the ...
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Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Guided by insights into how mice recover after H1N1 flu, researchers at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, together with researchers at A*STAR of Singapore, have cloned three distinct stem cells from the human airways and demonstrated that one of these cells can form into the lung's alveoli ...
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Routine chest X-rays do not prevent lung cancer deaths, not even in smokers or former smokers, according to a big government study challenging a once common type of screening.
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Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
An experimental vaccine, called TG4010, given together with chemotherapy resulted in significantly more progression free survival in patients with advanced lung cancer compared to those on chemotherapy alone, researchers from the Université de Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France, reported in the journal The Lancet Oncology. Lung cancer is the leading ...
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