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Stereotactic body radiotherapy is an effective treatment for patients with lung neuroendocrine tumors

February 3, 2023 administration Body, effective, lung, MedicalXpress, neuroendocrine, patients, radiotherapy, stereotactic, treatment, tumors

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Primary lung neuroendocrine tumors are very rare tumors that represent about 1-2% of all lung cancer

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Why lung cancer doesn’t respond well to immunotherapy

February 3, 2023 administration cancer, doesnt, Immunotherapy, lung, MedicalXpress, Respond

A new MIT study explains why dendritic cells (green) in lymph nodes that drain from the lungs fail to stimulate

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Expanding access to human lung slices to reduce animal testing

February 3, 2023 administration access, animal, Expanding, human, lung, MedicalXpress, reduce, slices, testing

hPCLS protein content. Comparison of protein content in hPCLS indicates there is no loss of protein over 29 days in culture.

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Scientists develop a peptide that targets lung tumors and delivers therapeutics inside cells

February 2, 2023 administration cells, delivers, develop, lung, peptide, Scientists, targets, therapeutics, tumors

Monomeric and tetrameric MGS4 have similar binding, internalization and subcellular location. a, Binding and internalization of tetrameric MGS4_V1 and monomeric

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Recruitment mechanism discovered for cancer-associated fibroblasts in common lung cancer

February 1, 2023 administration cancer, cancerassociated, common, discovered, fibroblasts, lung, mechanism, MedicalXpress, recruitment

Genetic models to mimic SMAD2/3 alterations in patient-derived ADC-TAFs and SCC-TAFs. a–c, Fold SMAD3 (a) and SMAD2 (b) mRNA and

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Clinical trial shows significant disease-free survival for patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer

February 1, 2023 administration cancer, Cell, clinical, diagnosed, diseasefree, lung, MedicalXpress, nonsmall, patients, shows, Significant, survival, trial

DFS per investigator assessment. Kaplan-Meier estimates of duration of (A) DFS in patients with stage II-IIIA disease and (B) in

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Findings of large clinical trial may have major implications for treatment of small-cell lung cancer

February 1, 2023 administration cancer, clinical, findings, implications, Large, lung, major, smallcell, treatment, trial

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A clinical trial led by Upstate Medical University radiation oncologist Dr. Jeffrey Bogart may have major

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Esther Rantzen, 82, reveals she has lung cancer – but remains ‘optimistic’ | UK News

January 30, 2023 administration cancer, Esther, lung, News, optimistic, Rantzen, remains, reveals, Sky News

Dame Esther Rantzen says she has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The 82-year-old broadcaster, long-time activist and founder of charities

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Dame Esther Rantzen reveals lung cancer diagnosis

January 29, 2023 administration BBC News, cancer, Dame, diagnosis, Esther, lung, Rantzen, reveals

The charity founder and pioneering broadcaster says she feels “optimistic” about her treatment. Read more BBC News Now retrieving an

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PET imaging shows greater lung inflammation in e-cigarette users than cigarette smokers

January 27, 2023 administration cigarette, ECigarette, greater, imaging, inflammation, lung, pet, shows, Smokers, users

Summary of the pilot study and preliminary PET imaging findings. Credit: R Wetherill, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine

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KRAS mutation shown to promote tumor evasion of innate immune surveillance in lung cancer

January 21, 2023 administration cancer, evasion, immune, innate, KRAS, lung, MedicalXpress, mutation, promote, shown, surveillance, tumor

Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2022). DOI: 10.1172/JCI153470 KRAS is one of the most frequently activated oncogenes in

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Many non-small cell lung cancer Medicare patients not staged according to guidelines, leading to higher mortality rates

January 19, 2023 administration cancer, Cell, guidelines, higher, Leading, lung, Medicare, mortality, nonsmall, patients, rates, staged

Summary of imaging findings from the SEER-Medicare linked database for patients with non-small cell lung cancer prior to receiving subsequent

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Australian scientists closer to finding new lung cancer treatments

January 13, 2023 administration Australian, cancer, closer, finding, lung, Scientists, treatments

Associate Professor Marian Burr. Credit: Jamie Kidston/ANU Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

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Artificial intelligence tool developed to predict risk of lung cancer

January 13, 2023 administration artificial, cancer, developed, intelligence, lung, MedicalXpress, predict, risk, tool

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and around the

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Dual-energy CT iodine concentration differentiates lung cancer from pulmonary metastases

January 12, 2023 administration cancer, concentration, differentiates, Dualenergy, Iodine, lung, MedicalXpress, metastases, pulmonary

Contrast-enhanced multiphase DECT of chest performed for surgical planning. Axial image from iodine concentration map, reconstructed from equilibrium-phase acquisition, shows

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Scientists detail major mechanism lung cancers use to evade immune attack

January 10, 2023 administration attack, cancers, detail, evade, immune, lung, major, mechanism, MedicalXpress, Scientists

Cancer cell experiencing endoplasmic reticulum stress. Credit: Ella Marushchenko (2018) A protein commonly found at high levels in lung cancer

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Studying elite divers could give insights into lung disease

January 10, 2023 administration disease, Divers, elite, give, insights, lung, MedicalXpress, studying

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The world’s top free divers can hold their breath for minutes at a time, embarking on

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Key genetic code change drives common lung cancer type

January 9, 2023 administration cancer, change, code, common, drives, genetic, key, lung, MedicalXpress, type

Graphical abstract. Credit: Cancer Cell (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2022.11.015 A team led by researchers at NYU Langone Health’s Perlmutter Cancer Center