Lung Cancer

Each year the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) presents the latest updates to its Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, as well as the latest cancer therapies by key opinion leaders.

Crizotinib was accepted for filing by the FDA and granted Priority Review status

ASTRO has for the first time issued its own extensive guidelines for the use of palliative thoracic radiotherapy in patients with metastatic lung cancer

The chorus of support is growing among oncology experts for routine genetic testing of tumors from patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Negative attitudes toward smokers extend to patients with lung cancer, regardless of whether or not they have ever actually smoked

The march toward personalized cancer care may have taken a step forward with the discovery of a potential biomarker

Lung cancer in nonsmokers may soon have an adjunctive blood test for revealing common biomarkers

For the first time in at least 3 decades, the rate of women dying from lung cancer in the United States is declining

Mark G. Kris, MD. Chief, Thoracic Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York on the EML4-ALK Translocation

Contrary to the conventional wisdom, mentholated cigarette smokers are less likely to develop lung cancer

Dr. Mark G. Kris from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on the Crizotinib Clinical Trials

Dr. Mark G. Kris from Memorial Sloan-Kettering on Caring for Elderly Lung Cancer Patients

Mark G. Kris, MD. Chief, Thoracic Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York Discusses EGFR Mutation Testing

The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), a randomized, national trial involving 53,000 current and former heavy smokers, compared the effects of 2 screening procedures for lung cancer

The ravages of lung cancer due to cigarette smoking are all too familiar to oncology healthcare providers.

The search for a screening tool that can help detect lung cancers at early stages has been a focus of research aimed at the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.

Useful Online Resources and Clinical Trials for Lung Cancer

New research has shown that adding prompt palliative supportive care to standard treatment may not only improve mood and quality of life in cancer patients, but it may even extend survival.

The shortage, which began in 2009, accelerated in 2010, and has shown no signs of abatement so far in 2011, according to Erin R. Fox, PharmD, manager of the Drug Information Service at University of Utah Health Care

The Emperor of All Maladies bills itself as a "biography of cancer," and while author Siddhartha Mukherjee cannot tell us precisely when cancer opened its eyes in this world...

Useful Online Resources and Clinical Trials for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer Screening Test Raises Hopes and Sets Stage for Discussion of Guidelines The Lung Cancer Alliance is pressing for a full discussion about the guidance on whether people at high risk for lung cancer should undergo screening

NCCN Launches Consumer-Friendly Versions of Guideline Publications Breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer are the inaugural entries in a new series of publications the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is rolling out in the coming months.

The FDA has requested that the generic drug manufacturer Hospira change the planned label for its generic formulation of docetaxel.