1. Surgically implanted radiation 'seeds' may reduce cancer recurrence
(Communities/Nuclear Molecular)

... in high-risk patients with early non-small-cell cancer, one of the two major forms of lung cancer. Standard care for patients with early non-small-cell lung cancer is a 'lobectomy,' the surgical removal ...

2. PET scan shows during treatment if radiation is shrinking lung tumor
(Communities/PET)

... assistant professor of radiation oncology at the U-M Medical School. In a pilot study of 15 people with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer, researchers administered FDG-PET scans before beginning ...

3. Radiotherapy may be preferable to surgery after chemotherapy for lung cancer
(Imported/Imported)

Following induction chemotherapy for patients with stage IIIA-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer, radiation therapy rather than surgery should be considered the preferred locoregional treatment.Following induction ...

4. Women with lung cancer survive longer than men
(Imported/Imported)

Elderly women with non-small-cell lung cancer have significantly better cancer-specific, overall and relative survival rates than men, regardless of the type of treatment, according to the results of a ...

5. New conference tackles the tough questions in lung cancer
(Imported/Imported)

... such as radiofrequency and radiation versus surgery in early lung cancer, and the role of surgery as a standard treatment for stage III non-small-cell lung cancer. Other highlights of the conference will ...

6. New device provides real-time assessment of lung cancer status
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... New England Journal of Medicine, involved an analysis of circulating tumor cells from 27 patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer. An expected EGFR activating mutation was identified in cells ...

7. Doctors extract cancer cells from blood sample
(Imported/Imported)

An experimental process that snags lung cancer cells from a blood sample could give doctors real-time feedback on the most effective therapy, researchers reported on the Web site of the New England Journal ...

8. Initial chemo beneficial in lung cancer brain metastasis
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

Primary chemotherapy for newly diagnosed non-small-cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases compares well with initial whole-brain radiotherapy, according to researchers. Primary chemotherapy ...

9. Isolated knee monoarthritis may indicate non-small-cell lung cancer
(Communities/Musculoskeletal )

Isolated knee monoarthritis is a newly recognized paraneoplastic syndrome that may herald resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to Italian investigators.Isolated knee monoarthritis is ...

10. Study shows way to predict lung cancer recurrence
(Imported/Imported)

... therapies, new types of therapies, we can help these patients," Brock said in a telephone interview. Brock's team tested 157 patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer who had had small tumors surgically ...

11. Initial chemo beneficial in lung cancer brain metastasis
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

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