Life expectancy for people with metastatic or metastasized lung cancer is low. The 5-year survival rate for small cell lung cancer is 3%, and 8% for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 25-30% of ...

If you have metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), you might wonder if the treatment plan that your doctor recommended is the best one for you. Metastatic NSCLC is “stage IV” or ...

Despite the high incidence of brain metastasis after resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines do not recommend central nervous system (CNS) ...

Researchers from Touro University and Lovelace Biomedical are Developing an Innovative Treatment for Lung Cancer ...

Lung cancer starts in your lungs and can spread to other parts of your body. There are more than 20 kinds of lung cancer. Some other conditions can have similar warning signs to lung cancer.

New research delves into the DNA details and chromatin structures that may predict prognosis in early-stage lung ...

Therapies that unleash the immune system to fight tumors have greatly extended the lives of people with many types of cancer.

Oct. 9, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated that patients with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring specific mutations in the STK11 and/or KEAP1 tumor suppressor ...

Thus, directly or indirectly, the genetic background can determine metastasis susceptibility in breast cancer. Solitary mediators ... organs such as the liver, lung and bones.

An exploratory analysis shows a reduction in extrathoracic metastases and prolonged time to progression or death due to any ...

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, and a greater probability for the cancer to spread to other organs – metastasize –. But the causes of this association are ...