Nearly half of Americans breathe unhealthy air, new report finds
Breathing the air in nearly half of the United States could be putting your health at risk.
Apr 25, 2025
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Neoplasms: News and Research on Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
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New method improves survival analysis power in clinical and epidemiological studies
The restricted mean survival time (RMST) analysis technique was introduced in health care research about 25 years ago and since then has become widely used in economics, engineering, business and other professions.
Apr 24, 2025
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Unexpected role for testis protein: BRDT implicated as lung cancer driver
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered how a testis-specific protein contributes to tumor growth and progression in lung cancer, according to a study published in Science Advances.
Apr 24, 2025
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3D spatial mapping of tumor cell 'neighborhoods' reveals potential targets for personalized cancer therapy
Researchers in Nikolaus Rajewsky's lab at Max Delbrück Center combined high-resolution, single-cell spatial technologies to map a tumor's cellular neighborhoods in 3D and identify potential targets for personalized cancer ...
Apr 24, 2025
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Breast cancer drug Supinoxin shows potential for small-cell lung cancer in new tests
Purdue University scientists have identified the Supinoxin small-molecule drug as a possible new therapy for small-cell lung cancer (SCLC).
Apr 22, 2025
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Some lung cancer patients may experience durable disease control even after discontinuing immunotherapy
A subset of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who discontinued immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy due to immune-related adverse events (irAEs) continued to experience long-term disease control, according ...
Apr 21, 2025
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Coupling dye and fiducial marking can improve precision in pulmonary nodule surgical resection
A new technique to mark peripheral pulmonary lesions (PPLs) before surgical resection was studied by Ganesh Krishna, M.D., a pulmonary/critical care medicine specialist, researcher and interventional pulmonologist at Sutter's ...
Apr 21, 2025
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New blood test detects tumor-derived cell-free RNA with high sensitivity
Somewhere in the body of a patient, a small clump of cells, growing undetected, has begun to form a tumor. It has yet to cause pain or visible symptoms of illness. Several months from now, or perhaps years, those first signs ...
Medicaid expansion improves timely lung cancer treatment and access to high-volume hospitals
A new study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery suggests that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has significantly improved access to timely treatment and high-volume hospitals for patients with early-stage ...
Apr 15, 2025
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15% of US cancer patients are active smokers at time of diagnosis, study finds
Nearly half of patients diagnosed with cancer in 2023 had a history of smoking, and 15% were smokers at the time of their diagnosis, according to new Yale Cancer Center-led research published in JAMA Oncology.
Apr 15, 2025
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