January 25th 2023
1 out 3 Medicaid patients who might have benefited from targeted therapy —mainly Tagrisso and Alecensa — for metastatic lung cancer did not receive it, according to estimates by a trio Harvard-affiliated researchers.
Best Practices to Define, Care for Lung Cancer
July 19th 2021When wondering what step to take first after learning of your cancer diagnosis, assembling the right care team and creating a treatment plan designed uniquely is important to get you on the right track. Comprehensive biomarker testing can then help identify your type of lung cancer and help move steps forward for proper care.
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DFCI's Jacob Sands Discusses All Things Considered About Lung Cancer Screening
July 6th 2021Sands ,a medical oncologist who specializes in lung cancer, says the false discovery has been misconstruted as a false positive rate. He also makes a case for early detection and new USPSTF as working to correct disparities.
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Black Lung Cancer Patients May Be Missing Out On Era of Targeted Therapy
June 1st 2021Meta-analysis shows lower prevalence of four known driver mutations among Black lung cancer patients. More research into tumor biology of Black patients might yield targeted therapies that would benefit Black lung cancer patients, says the lead author, Philippos A. Costa, M.D.
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Lung Cancer Screening Has Had Few Takers. Will Updated Recommendations Make a Difference?
May 20th 2021A small fraction of those who were eligible under previous U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations were screened with low-dose CT scans. New recommendations will make an additional 6.4 million Americans eligible, but a number of barriers to screening remain.
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How the Menthol Cigarette Ban May Affect the African American Smoking Paradox
May 5th 2021The prevalence of smoking among African American young adults “catches up” with other groups despite the low rate among Black youth. The ban on menthol may affect this and other aspects of smoking patterns among Black Americans.
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KRAS Mutation Could Guide Treatment Decisions in Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer
May 4th 2021Chemo in combination with immunotherapy was preferable to immunotherapy alone in patients with a mutation of the KRAS gene and high levels of programmed cell death ligand 1, according to findings reported in JAMA Oncology.
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New Lung Cancer Screening Recommendations Can Reach More Patients But Won't Remove All Barriers
March 11th 2021The 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.
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Similar Cancer Risk Between Patients With MS, General Population in the UK, Study Finds
October 23rd 2020Study 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.
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AstraZeneca's Adrian Kilcoyne Sees Paradigm Shift in Lung Cancer Treatment
June 2nd 2020Adrian Kilcoyne MD MBA MPH, vice president, US Medical Affairs and HEOR, oncology, AstraZeneca, discusses a paradigm shift in lung cancer treatment due to the overwhelming efficacy of the EGFR-TKI treatment.
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