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Lung Cancer Alliance Hails Early Introduction Of Comprehensive Lung Cancer Research Legislation
POSTED: January 27, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Just three weeks into the 111th Congress, United States Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)and Sam Brownback(R-KS) reintroduced the Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009, legislation authorizing a comprehensive, multi-agency research effort to reduce lung cancer's mortality. The Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act of 2009 declar...
Lung Cancer Cells Activate Inflammation To Induce Metastasis
POSTED: January 18, 2009
A research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has identified a protein produced by cancerous lung epithelial cells that enhances metastasis by stimulating the activity of inflammatory cells. Their findings, to be published in the January 1 issue of the journal Nature, explain how advanced cancer cells usurp components o...
In Lung Cancer, Silencing One Crucial Gene Disrupts Normal Functioning Of Genome
POSTED: January 18, 2009
While examining patterns of DNA modification in lung cancer, a team of international researchers has discovered what they say is a surprising new mechanism. They say that "silencing" of a single gene in lung cancer led to a general impairment in genome-wide changes in cells, contributing to cancer development and progression. In the January 1, 2009, ...
ASA404 Enters Pivotal Phase III Trial In Second-line Lung Cancer
POSTED: January 13, 2009
London, UK, and Cambridge, MA -- Antisoma plc announces that 'ATTRACT-2', a phase III trial testing ASA404 as a second-line treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), is now underway. This is a single pivotal study designed to support applications to market ASA404 for lung cancer patients who have received one previous round of treatment....
Procedure Means Less Pain, Fewer Infections And Quicker Recovery Time In Some Lung Cancer Cases: Doctors Remove Tumors With Use Of Surgical Robot
POSTED: January 13, 2009
An Akron hospital is among the first in the country using a high-tech robot to remove cancerous lobes in some patients' lungs without spreading open their chests. Summa Health System recently became one of several hospitals nationwide offering a robotic procedure to remove an entire cancerous lobe of a lung for some patients with early-stage lung can...
Cyclacel Begins Phase 2 Study Of Oral Sapacitabine In Patients With Previously Treated Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
POSTED: January 13, 2009
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the company has begun treating patients in a Phase 2, open label, single arm, multicenter clinical trial of sapacitabine (CYC682) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have had one prior chemotherapy. This study builds on the observation of prolonge...
Researchers Provide Details Of New Studies And Findings In The Area Of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
POSTED: January 9, 2009
"Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for patients with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer is associated with lower stress responses and potentially improved outcomes, as compared with thoracotomy. The goal of our study was to examine the cellular components of the postoperative immune response," scientists in the United States report. "Sp...
Common Food Additive Found To Increase Risk And Speed Spread Of Lung Cancer
POSTED: January 9, 2009
New research in an animal model suggests that a diet high in inorganic phosphates, which are found in a variety of processed foods including meats, cheeses, beverages, and bakery products, might speed growth of lung cancer tumors and may even contribute to the development of those tumors in individuals predisposed to the disease. The study also sugge...
SNPs Of ABC Transporter Genes Linked To Lung Cancer Risk
POSTED: January 2, 2009
Individuals with particular variants of certain genes involved in metabolizing the most potent carcinogen found in cigarette smoke have an increased risk of developing lung cancer. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the February 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results may help ...
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