AACR Virtual Annual Meeting 2020: Personalised cancer vaccine shows promise in early trial
A personalised cancer vaccine, used in combination with an immunotherapy drug, triggers a response from…
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TERAVOLT registry tracks outcomes among thoracic cancer patients sickened by COVID-19
New data from TERAVOLT, a global consortium that tracks outcomes of people with thoracic cancers…
Study suggests continued nicotine use promotes brain tumours in lung cancer patients
Researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA, have discovered that nicotine promotes the spread…
Unique cells found in lung cancer patients may predict survival
Size and number of fused cancer and immune cells linked to survival in non-small cell…
International study approaches new therapeutic strategies for lung cancer
The international study “Resistance to targeted therapies as a multifactorial, gradual adaptation to inhibitor specific…
Largest ever study of radiosurgery for brain metastases from small cell lung cancer
The international First-line Radiosurgery for Small-Cell Lung Cancer (FIRE-SCLC) analysis led by University of Colorado…
Nicotine Helps Lung Cancer Spread To The Brain, According To New Study
While nicotine is not actually carcinogenic, it is considered to be largely responsible for the…
Researchers identify a moving target in small cell lung tumours
Lung cancers account for approximately 25 percent of all cancer deaths. Even among those who…
ASCO 2020: Targeted therapy tepotinib for non-small cell lung cancer with MET exon 14 skipping mutation shows durable response
Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the MET exon 14 (METex14) skipping…
ASCO 2020: Post-surgery osimertinib delays disease recurrence in patients with localised non-small cell lung cancer
Treatment with targeted therapy osimertinib following surgery for localised non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with…