Lung Cancer
Conference Coverage
Standard-dose radiation bests high-dose radiation in advanced NSCLC
Major finding: Patients with stage-III non–small cell lung cancer who received high-dose radiation had a 56% greater risk of death than those on a...
News
Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts cancer risk, outcomes in men
Major finding: Compared with men in the lowest cardiorespiratory fitness quintile, hazard ratios for incident lung and colorectal cancer among men...
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PD-L1 blocker shrinks tumors with modest adverse events
Major finding: MPDL3280A, an engineered PD-L1 targeted antibody, shrank tumors by at least 50% in 29 of 140 patients, for an overall response rate...
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FDA approves first EGFR mutation companion diagnostic test for NSCLC
Conference Coverage
Marijuana habit not linked to lung cancer
Major finding: People who habitually smoked marijuana were no more likely to develop lung cancer than those who didn’t, whether or not they also...
Podcasts
Community Oncology Podcast: Bosutinib for CML and lung cancer management
News
Dexamethasone eases end-of-life cancer-related fatigue
Major finding: Scores on the FACIT fatigue subscale improved by an average of 6 points in patients treated with dexamethasone, compared with 3...
News
Androgen deprivation decreases lung tumors in men with prostate cancer
Major finding: Men with prostate cancer who underwent androgen blockade were 17% less likely to develop secondary non–small cell lung cancer than...
Video
Bevacizumab expands the population of NSCLC patients who can be treated
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What's in a name: Is the moniker 'palliative care' too loaded?
Major finding: The term supportive care was rated significantly higher than palliative care for overall understanding (mean 7.7 vs. 6.8; P = .021...