Lung Cancer News

Lung cancer screening is recommended for high-risk current and former smokers. But the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and other organizations say that doctors need to explain the risks as well as the benefits. Those risks include a high rate of false positives, which can lead to unnecessary follow-up procedures.

The drug has also worked well against other cancers. When former President Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with melanoma that had spread to his brain several years ago, it was Keytruda that threw the cancer into remission by curtailing the action of a protein known as PD-L1.

Cancer survival rates soar when tumors are detected in their earliest stages, the researchers said in background notes. Having a blood test that can detect early cancers would save countless lives.

In general, the study found, the incidence of the disease dipped over time. But men saw a sharper decrease, so that the traditional male-female pattern flipped.

Still, guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2013 say smokers between the ages of 55 and 80 -- whose habit amounts to a pack-a-day for 30 years and otherwise show no symptoms of disease -- should get new low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening.

The combination treatment also drove down the risk that the cancer would spread by nearly as much, added the research team from NYU Langone Health in New York City.

Nationwide, the rate of lung cancer death among women fell 6 percent between 1990 and 2015.

For the study, researchers analyzed reports on 13 clinical trials that included a total of over 800 people who had surgery for cancer.

Lung cancer kills about 1.6 million people worldwide each year. The type known as non-small cell lung cancer accounts for about 85 percent of lung cancer cases.

This less-than-optimal care is reducing survival rates, according to researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

American Cancer Society study found many cancers could be avoidable with lifestyle changes.

For advanced lung cancer patients, yoga appears to help improve their overall physical function, stamina and mental health.

Study of more than 65,000 people with stage 1 non-small-cell lung cancer found majority had surgery while 18% refused surgery or radiation.

About one-third of stage 3 patients alive after 5 years, a development called promising by oncologists

Increased odds only seemed to affect men or male smokers, study suggests

Medications show promise for non-small cell type

Doctors, loved ones need to be on the lookout for distress and depression, cancer specialist says

Unstable chromosomes quadruple a patient's risk of relapse, death within 2 years, researchers report

Immunotherapy may triple 5-year survival rate for certain patients with advanced disease, study finds

Simple technique is based on cancer DNA and seems accurate for use after chest CT scan, researchers say

Such testing could cut death rate by 20 percent, American Cancer Society says

Study found 21 percent went without therapy, even though it could boost their survival

Patient recovery may mean longer time to the treatment, but study suggests it can still have benefit

Treatment nearly doubled survival or more, study finds

Tecentriq extended survival by several months for patients with advanced disease, study found