Lung Cancer
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Varenicline helps smokers with stably treated depression
Major finding: Smoking cessation rates among patients with stably treated major depressive disorder were higher at 9-12 weeks in those treated...
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Selenium disappoints for secondary prevention in NSCLC
Major finding: The incidence rates of lung and overall second primary tumors were similar with selenium and placebo (1.62 and 3.54 per 100 person-...
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LDCT detects threefold more early lung cancers
Major finding: In the first round of screening, 47.5% of the staged cancers detected on LDCT were stage IA, compared with only 23.5% of those...
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Predictive models revealed lung nodules’ cancer risks
Major finding: New predictive models clearly differentiated study subjects who had or who soon developed lung cancer following the detection of...
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High dependency predicts BMI increase during smoking cessation
Major finding: FTND score was a strong predictor of BMI increase (gender-adjusted standardized coefficient, 0.236).
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Nab-paclitaxel in first-line treatment of advanced non–small-cell lung cancer
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Smokin': Report finds marijuana has negligible effects on lungs
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USPSTF systematic review supports CT screening for lung cancer
Major finding: One large trial showed a significant 20% reduction in lung cancer mortality among those screened, as well as a 6.7% reduction in...
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ASCO issues to-do list on tobacco control
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High-risk smokers benefit most from CT screening for lung cancer
Major finding: The rate of lung cancer deaths was 24.6 per 10,000 person-years among subjects screened by CT, compared with 30.9 per 10,000 person...
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Khorana score tracks risk of cancer death
Major finding: In the adjusted model, every 1-point increase in modified Khorana score linked with a statistically significant 56% increase in...