Ceritinib is a medication used to treat anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive metastatic non-small celllung cancer(NSCLC) in adults. Ceritinib is a small molecule that selectively targets and inhibits the activity of abnormal ALK fusion proteins that cause lungcancer. Ceritinib also inhibits other...
Assessment of lung cancer related symptoms and treatment related side effects in a group of patients with advanced lung cancer receiving palliative chemotherapylung cancerlymph node dissectionUrine cytology has been a useful tool. for the diagnosis of urinary tract malignancies. However, the presence of...
Chemotherapy side effects remain a huge challenge in the treatment of oncology diseases, in particular in the treatment of lung cancer- in some cases even limiting the achievement of maximal therapeutic effect. This article is a review of the main chemotherapy and targeted therapy related adverse ev...
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Your doctors will plan yourlung cancer treatmentbased on what you need. It will depend in part on: What type of the disease you have Its stage Whether thecancerhas spread in your body The side effects the treatment may cause Your age and general health ...
The emergence of new therapies in the management of lung cancer has greatly improved long-term disease control and survival rates for patients with the disease. Dr Chin Tan Min, Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology explains. Until the recent decade, conventional treatment for lung...
Lung cancer, disease characterized by uncontrolled growth of cells in the lungs. Lung cancer was first described in the mid-19th century. In the early 20th century it was considered relatively rare, but by the 21st century it had emerged as a leading cau
Staging is important because lung cancer treatment is based on the stage of the cancer. Tests used to detect the spread of cancer may include: Blood tests:Complete blood count-- CBC -- provides information about the type and count of different types of blood cells.Blood chemistry tests check...
Multi-center prospective randomized trial on paclitaxel liposome and traditional taxol in the treatment of breast cancer and non-small-cell lung cancer Objective To analyze the effects and side effects of paclitaxel liposome formula on breast cancer and non small cell lung cancer, compared with ...
Objective To study and analyze the efficacy and side effects of pemetrexed in the treatment of recurrent advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Methods 60 elderly patients with recurrent advanced non-small cell lung cancer diagnosed by the pathematology in our hospital from October 2011 to October 20...