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What is the Difference Between Small Cell and Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?

by Dana-Farber

…with lung cancer have no prior history of smoking. What does treatment for lung cancer entail? Treatment for lung cancer depends on several factors, including: A patient’s overall health, other…

Categories Care for adults, Non-small cell lung cancer, Small cell lung cancer

What are Signs of Lung Cancer in Women?

by Dana-Farber Staff

…Typically, the average age of a lung cancer patient is 65 and older, according to the American Cancer Society. Lung cancer cases continue to decline, but lung cancer rates in…

Categories Adult, Risk and Prevention, Thoracic Cancer

Lung Cancer: Five Things You Need to Know

by Dana-Farber Staff

…lining of the lungs grow rapidly or uncontrollably, often forming a tumor. This is the most common form of lung cancer. Small cell — Small cell lung cancer is also…

Categories Cancer research, Care for adults, Lung cancers 8 Comments

Five Things Nonsmokers Need to Know About Lung Cancer

by Dana-Farber Staff

…Center for Thoracic Oncology. Anyone can get lung cancer. Although smoking is the leading risk factor for lung cancer, anyone with lungs is susceptible to this disease. Air pollution and…

Categories Care for adults, Lung cancers 2 Comments

Fighting the Lung Cancer Stigma

by Dana-Farber

…lung cancers. For more information on lung cancer, please visit Dana-Farber’s Thoracic (Lung) Cancer Treatment website or these posts: Five Things You Need to Know About Lung Cancer Reasons for…

Categories Cancer research, Lung cancers 7 Comments

How a Car Accident Helped Diagnose Lung Cancer

by Dana-Farber Staff

…smoked, you could cross lung cancer off your worry list. Turns out, to be at risk for lung cancer, all you need is lungs. Read more: Tips for Lung Cancer…

Categories Care for adults, Non-small cell lung cancer, Patient Stories, Adult

Tips for Dealing with Lung Cancer Stigma

by Dana-Farber Staff

…lungs to develop lung cancer. While quitting smoking can help reduce your risk for lung and other cancers, there are many other risk factors – from air pollution to asbestos…

Categories Care for adults, Coping with Cancer, Lung cancers, Thoracic Cancer

Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer: What’s New?

by Dana-Farber Staff

…of all patients presenting with lung cancer can be initially treated with targeted agents or immunotherapy rather than chemotherapy.” Learn more about treatment for lung cancer from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute….

Categories Immunotherapy, Research, Thoracic Cancer

Latest Research Shows Progress in Fight Against Lung Cancer

by Dana-Farber Staff

…drug erlotinib or a similar agent. Read more: Lung Cancer: Five Things You Need to KnowLung Cancer Screenings for High Risk Patients a ‘Move Forward’ Precision Medicine for Lung Cancer…

Categories Cancer research, Lung cancers

EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer: What You Need to Know

by Dana-Farber Staff

…cancer treated? Treatment is determined by genetic testing, which allows oncologists to know if your lung cancer cells carry EGFR mutations. Some early lung cancers can be removed by surgery,…

Categories Lung cancers, Thoracic Cancer

Can Immunotherapy Help Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer?

by Dana-Farber Staff

Small cell lung cancer is the most aggressive type of lung cancer. Unlike its far more common counterpart, non-small cell lung cancer, treatment with immunotherapy drugs hasn’t yet been approved…

Categories Immunotherapy, Thoracic Cancer

Study Points to Link Between Genetic Ancestry and Genetic Signature of Lung Cancer

by Dana-Farber Staff

…been much harder to pin down. A study by Dana-Farber investigators provides new evidence that, in people with lung cancer, genetic ancestry can influence the molecular signature of their cancer…

Categories Dana-Farber Research, Lung cancers, Research

Precision Medicine for Lung Cancer Marks Tenth Anniversary

by Dana-Farber Staff

…lung cancer,” says Jänne, director of the Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology at Dana-Farber. “It opened up the realization that not all lung cancers are created the same – that…

Categories Cancer research, Lung cancers, Precision Cancer Medicine

What are the Signs and Symptoms of Lung Cancer?

by Dana-Farber Staff

…year x 30) should be screened for lung cancer via a low-dose CT scan. Learn more about lung cancer from the Thoracic (Lung) Cancer Treatment Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute….

Categories Thoracic Cancer 2 Comments

Five Truths About Lung Cancer

by Dana-Farber Staff

While other kinds of cancer may receive more public attention, lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths. There are two main types of lung cancer: small cell carcinoma…

Categories Care for adults, Lung cancers

Olympian Aly Raisman Honors Grandmother with Support of Lung Cancer Research

by Dana-Farber Staff

…Need to Know About Lung Cancer Treatment and Research[Podcast] Tips for Lung Cancer Patients Immunotherapy and Lung Cancer: Exploring the Latest Research Jänne noted that most people did not know…

Categories General interest, Lung cancers

Immunotherapy and Lung Cancer: Exploring the Latest Research

by Dana-Farber Staff

…, but would they work in lung cancer? In the past, it seemed that the immune system wasn’t very effective at recognizing and attacking lung cancers. But the new drug…

Categories Cancer research, Immunotherapy, Lung cancers 1 Comment

Stage IV Lung Cancer Patient in Remission for Years After Immunotherapy

by Dana-Farber Staff

…you can take someone who’s dying of lung cancer and instead, help them live with lung cancer—even work to put it behind them,” Oxnard says. Three years later, Hale is…

Categories Immunotherapy, Patient Stories, Adult, Thoracic Cancer

Scientists Reveal How Lung Cancer Cancer Cells Avoid Death from Targeted Drugs

by Dana-Farber Staff

…published report, Jänne and his colleagues say they have discovered a mechanism within lung cancer cells that enables the cells to lie dormant and avoid destruction by the cancer drugs….

Categories Dana-Farber Research, Lung cancers, Non-small cell lung cancer, Research 3 Comments

For Lung Cancer Patient, Targeted Therapy and Talented Team Made All the Difference

by Dana-Farber Staff

…targeted therapies that offer more specific, effective treatment against each patient’s individual cancer. Read more: Lung Cancer: What Women Need to Know The Latest in Precision Medicine and Lung Cancer…

Categories Care for adults, Lung cancers, Patient Stories, Adult
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