Lung Cancer

Immunotherapy revolutionized the way we treat cancer. And now, researchers are using drugs to help jumpstart the immune system alongside chemotherapy to keep treatment moving forward.
 

Lung cancer has gone from being a dismal diagnosis — it still is very serious — to one that is the poster child for targeted therapeutics, immunotherapy and molecular diagnostics. These advancements are just the beginning.

Unique challenges become permanent fixtures in the minds of young adults who receive a diagnosis of a life-changing disease, but can change through advocacy support.

During National Women’s Lung Health Week, a lung cancer survivor shares her story and success with targeted therapy.

The FDA has granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for Tecentriq (atezolizumab) to be used in combination with Avastin (bevacizumab), carboplatin and paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Second cancers are common among patients with lung cancer, so how can risk be lowered?

Immune and targeted therapies build hope for patients with advanced lung cancer.

The combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy, and more, is changing the landscape of the disease.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a priority review to a supplemental biologics license application (sBLA) for frontline Keytruda (pembrolizumab) for use in combination with standard chemotherapy for patients with metastatic nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to Merck (MSD), the manufacturer of the PD-1 inhibitor. 
 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tagrisso as a first-line treatment for patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors harbor EGFR mutations.