Lung Cancer News

The rate of new cancer diagnoses among adults declined sharply in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results published in The Lancet Oncology.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has retained its distinction as the No. 1 cancer hospital in the country.

Today is World Lung Cancer Day.

Electronic health record-based nudges aimed at clinicians appeared to increase tobacco use treatment penetration among patients with cancer during oncology encounters, according to data published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Listening to music during chemotherapy infusion appeared to improve mood and reduce distress among a cohort of patients with cancer, according to study results published in JCO Oncology Practice.

Patients exposed to wildfires while recovering from lung cancer surgery had worse survival outcomes than their unexposed counterparts, study results showed.

Healio spoke with Charu Aggarwal, MD, MPH, about findings from her poster presentation on the impact on duration of immunotherapy on OS in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer presented at this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting.

Circulating tumor DNA genotyping before tissue diagnosis of suspected advanced non-small cell lung cancer resulted in significantly shorter median time to treatment compared with standard tissue testing, study results showed.

As the number of young cancer survivors continues to increase, so do the myriad of survivorship issues throughout their life span, including reproductive health concerns.

Direct oral anticoagulants for cancer-associated thrombosis appeared associated with lower risk for venous thromboembolism recurrence and major bleeds, as well as a reduction in mortality rates, among patients with cancer.