The delivery of early, virtual palliative care has similar effects on quality of life as in-person care in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study published online Sept. 11 in the Journal of the American Medical As
The article offers information on the findings of a comparative study on end-of-life care for older patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the U.S. and Ontario, Canada. The study used U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results and Medicare data and data from the ...
Oncologists have debated whether patients with a certain type of advanced lung cancer would benefit from surgery. Now a major study published in Lancet has found that surgery can significantly prolong survival without progression of the cancer, but does not dramatically improve overall survival.Loyola...
Transcript:Mark A. Socinski, MD:Let’s turn our discussion now to optimizing chemotherapy in advanced non—small cell lung cancer. We do the molecular testing. More times than not, we’re not going to find an oncogenic driver. We’re going to be talking about the issues for first-line ...
Chemotherapy for Elderly Patients With Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: The Multicenter Italian Lung Cancer in the Elderly Study (MILES) Phase III Rand... Vinorelbine prolongs survival and improves quality of life in elderly patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Some studi...
A caregiver for someone with advancedlung cancerhas a big job to do. You may wear many hats, from home health aide to chauffeur to support system. Your role can change many times as your loved one goes through treatment, if they go into remission, and if thecancergets worse. ...
Early palliative care is associated with better survival in patients with advanced lung cancer, according to a study by VA Portland Health Care System and Oregon Health and Science University researchers.
OncoTargets and Therapy Dovepress open access to scientific and medical research Open Access Full Text Article ORIGINAL RESEARCH The efficacy and safety of anlotinib treatment for advanced lung cancer This article was published in the following Dove Press journal: OncoTargets and Therapy Lan Shao1,2 ...
Pivotal study of iodine-131-labeled chimeric tumor necrosis treatment radioimmunotherapy in patients with advanced lung cancer. PURPOSE: Tumor necrosis treatment (TNT) uses degenerating tumor cells and necrotic regions of tumors as targets for radioimmunotherapy. Previous studies in... Chen,S. - 《...
breath accompanied by a persistent cough. An X-ray of her lungs during her 7th month of pregnancy showed a large mass in one lung. After a cesarean section (her daughter was born safely), she had a biopsy and other...