Lung Cancer News

CHICAGO — Early palliative care via telehealth had an equivalent impact on quality of life as in-person visits for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to study findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

CHICAGO — Lorlatinib delivered never-before-seen PFS results in adults with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive non-small cell lung cancer, according to findings from a randomized phase 3 trial presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

The FDA granted accelerated approval to selpercatinib for the treatment of certain pediatric patients with metastatic or advanced solid tumors harboring RET alterations.

Participation in cancer-related clinical trials could increase dramatically if researchers screened and recruited individuals using routine care patient-reported outcomes, according to results published in JAMA Oncology.

Active cancer treatment is associated with increased risk for sudden cardiac death, especially among patients younger than 74 years old and those with a history of heart failure, results from a retrospective study showed.

An analysis of global online conversations among health care professionals on social media in April revealed tremendous enthusiasm about FDA approval of a treatment for adults with advanced HER2-positive solid tumors.

Patients participating in clinical trials for anticancer drugs do not gain a survival benefit compared with individuals who received routine care, according to study results published in JAMA.

People who vaped and smoked cigarettes appeared four times more likely to develop lung cancer compared with those who only smoked, according to study results presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

The prospect of screening for multiple cancer types simultaneously through a blood draw or other simple methods has generated tremendous excitement.

Certain individuals with non-cell lung cancer who experienced immune-related adverse events due to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy had improved survival outcomes, according to retrospective study data published in JAMA Network Open.