Lung Cancer News

The FDA has proposed limiting the level of nicotine in cigarettes and other combusted tobacco products like cigars and pipe tobacco to make them “minimally or nonaddictive,” according to a press release from the agency.

Integrated care involving medication and intensive counseling showed effectiveness for smoking cessation among adults undergoing screening for lung cancer, the results of a randomized clinical trial showed.

Healio will present its fourth annual Disruptive Innovators Awards for oncology/hematology this spring.

Ravi Salgia, MD, PhD, and his family were watching coverage of the Los Angeles County fires on their television around 6 p.m. Jan. 7 when his wife looked in the backyard and saw a “huge red glow.”

A two-drug combination extended OS compared with standard first-line osimertinib for certain patients with advanced lung cancer, according to the agents’ manufacturer.

The FDA granted priority review to a new drug application for sunvozertinib as an oral treatment for certain patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, according to a press release from Dizal.

Music may help improve cognitive function among people undergoing chemotherapy, according to results of a preliminary study.

Osteoporosis prevalence is high for patients undergoing lung cancer screening, regardless of race, ethnicity and income, but CT with AI detects osteoporosis and body composition without additional testing or radiation, researchers reported.

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, issued an advisory today that includes several recommendations designed to reduce the impact of alcohol on cancer incidence and mortality.