Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) for Stage 1 Lung Cancer
“Surgery for early stage lung cancer offers the chance for a cure, yet removing a lobe of a lung is a very major surgery.”
Medical debt puts more at risk
“Frances Giordano found out she had lung cancer in June. After that, the bad news just kept coming. Frances Giordano, 59, of Dumont is battling lung cancer, the loss of a job due to her illness and staggering medical bills.”
Summa Western Reserve offers free lung screenings Jan. 28
Cuyahoga Falls, OH – “There is a new tool in physicians' arsenal for the early detection of lung cancer and the city's Summa Western Reserve Hospital has it.”
Retiring Professor Elaine Rankin hails progress in lung cancer care
Tayside can boast one of the best centres for lung cancer treatment in the UK, a professor said this week.
“Elaine Rankin, consultant and professor of medical oncology, was speaking on Thursday as she retired from NHS Tayside after 13 years' service.”
Contribution of cell blocks obtained through endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration to the diagnosis of lung cancer
“Conventional smears of samples obtained by endobronchial ultrasound with real-time transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) have proven useful in lung cancer staging, but the value of additional information from cell-block processing of EBUS-TBNA samples has only been marginally investigated. This study focussed on the contribution of cell block analysis to the diagnostic yield in lung cancer.”
Radon Gas and Lung Cancer
“When it comes to reducing your cancer risk, one important step could be right under your nose, or below your feet. Getting your home tested for radon can help protect you and your family from a key cause of lung cancer.”
Lung cancer specialist receives thanks from grateful patients
Ross Camidge’s work produces thousands of dollars of donations
“University of Colorado Hospital’s President and CEO Bruce Schroffel made a surprise appearance at a meeting of the University of Colorado Cancer Center’s Tumor Board Jan. 9 to honor medical oncologist Ross Camidge, MD, PhD, for his service to patients.”
Study examines drug resistance in ALK positive lung cancer
AURORA, Colo. – “Scientists from the University of Colorado Cancer Center have once again advanced the treatment of a specific kind of lung cancer. The team has documented how anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) becomes resistant to a drug targeting the abnormal protein in the cancer. It's the first time scientists have analyzed the frequency and type of drug resistance in ALK positive patients taking crizotinib.”
Nurse helps patients navigate care
“When Laurie Burrows was diagnosed with lung cancer last July, it was like falling off a cliff.”
Circulating Tumor Cells Predict Small-Cell Lung CA Prognosis
“The number of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and the change in CTC number after one cycle of chemotherapy predict prognosis in patients with small-cell lung cancer, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.”
