ONCR || Lung

Majority of cancer patients with depression untreated; integrated collaborative care found ‘strikingly’ effective

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 23:30

Approximately 75% of cancer patients with major depression are not receiving treatment for their depression, according to an analysis of data from more than 21,000 patients. However, a novel...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

ASCO and AACR call for stronger e-cigarette regulation

Posted on: 14/08/2014 - 22:05

A Food and Drug Administration proposal to regulate e-cigarettes does not go far enough, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Association for Cancer Research say. The two...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

PEI chemotherapy ups survival in sensitive relapsed SCLC, but at a cost

Posted on: 10/07/2014 - 17:35

CHICAGO – Cisplatin, etoposide, and irinotecan provide a significant survival advantage over topotecan as second-line chemotherapy in sensitive relapsed small cell lung cancer, but the toxicity of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Panel recommends against low-dose CT for lung cancer in Medicare patients

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 14:45

Evidence is insufficient to support lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography in the Medicare population, members of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cloud of questions hovers around electronic cigarettes

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 20:10

SAN DIEGO – The country’s leading regulatory agency has as many questions about the potential health effects of electronic cigarettes as concerned clinicians do. According to Mitchell Zeller, J.D.,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Hormone therapy predicted improved lung cancer survival in women

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 18:40

Hormone therapy was associated with improved overall survival in women with non–small-cell lung carcinoma, reported investigators in the March issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. Long-term...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hormone therapy predicted improved lung cancer survival in women

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 18:40

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Anti-PD-L1 therapy yielded durable responses in early NSCLC trials

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 18:35

SAN DIEGO – Results from studies conducted to date indicate that anti-PD-L1 therapy is well tolerated in patients with non–small cell lung cancer, with rapid response rates. In fact, responses are...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Smoking cessation agents don’t raise serious CVD risks

Posted on: 09/12/2013 - 21:00

The three smoking cessation agents bupropion, varenicline, and nicotine replacement therapy did not raise the risk of serious adverse cardiovascular events in a network meta-analysis of 63 randomized...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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