Showing posts with label EGFR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label EGFR. Show all posts

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Circulating tumor DNA can be used to tailor treatment

CANCER DIGEST – April 17, 2015 – Cancer DNA circulating in the bloodstream of lung cancer patients can provide doctors with vital mutation information that can help optimize treatment when tumor tissue is not available, an international group of researchers has reported at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

The results have important implications for the use of cancer therapies that target specific cancer mutations, explains Dr Martin Reck from the Department of Thoracic Oncology at Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Germany, who presented the findings at the conference.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Advances in chemo have lengthened non-small cell lung cancer survival

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CANCER DIGEST – July 21, 2014 – Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer survived significantly longer when treated with second and third line chemotherapy compared to patients who did not receive any chemotherapy, a new analysis of patient survival shows.

The researchers from the British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada analyzed