NSCLC

April 02, 2021

Diagnoses spike in people's 65th year when most Americans become newly eligible for Medicare coverage.

April 01, 2021

Although smoking is the predominate risk factor for lung cancer, about 1 in 5 cases cases are believed to be linked to genetic factors.

March 27, 2021

City of Hope researchers find longer overall survival rates among nonsmall cell lung cancer patients (NSCLC) who are immigrants. Could this be another instance of the healthy immigrant paradox?

March 11, 2021

The U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recently released an updated recommendation addressing lung cancer screening criteria at a sooner rate starting at 50-years-old rather than 55. The task force says this expansion will be especially helpful to those who face disparities to screening. Although, it won’t cover all disparities.

March 11, 2021

Population-level study of Medicare beneficiaries shows marked improvement in survival statistics but also an 8.6% jump in Medicare spending.

February 04, 2021

Based on results of the VISION study, the FDA has granted accelerated approval to tepotinib for MET exon 14 skipping altered metastatic non–small cell lung cancer.

February 02, 2021

The pandemic has led to the adoption of telehealth and greater access to care through apps.

January 28, 2021

The organizations give recommendations on how to get patients to receive the care they need.

October 23, 2020

Study found that while frequency of cancer among people with multiple sclerosis (MS) increased over time, the overall cancer risk is similar between patients with MS and the general population.

October 22, 2020

“Lung cancer screening is a great example of the problem,” says the former chief medical and scientific officer for the American Cancer Society in this third of four-part video series.