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October 3rd 2023
Patients with lung cancer undergoing anatomic lung resections often had one day home return after completing the surgery, but those with a lower socioeconomic status were less likely to leave the hospital the day after surgery.
FDA Fast Tracks Investigational Drug for Potential Approval in Lung Cancer Subtype
October 4th 2022Treatment with an investigational drug elicited a median progression-free survival (time from treatment until disease progression or death) of 8.9 months among patients with a form of unresectable or metastatic squamous non-small cell lung cancer, according to trial findings.
Early-Phase Trial to Study Novel Drug, With or Without Keytruda, in Solid Cancers
September 27th 2022The novel drug PY159 will be studied as a single agent and in combination with Keytruda for patients with certain solid tumors — including ovarian, pancreatic, lung, head and neck, colorectal and breast cancers.
Onivyde Fails to Improve Survival Over Chemotherapy in Second-Line Small Cell Lung Cancer
August 5th 2022Treatment with Onivyde failed to best the chemotherapy topotecan in improving overall survival in patients with small cell lung cancer whose disease failed to respond to platinum-based first-line treatment, according to findings from a primary analysis of the phase 3 RESILIENT trial.
Injectable Tecentriq Is Efficacious, Reduces Treatment Time for Lung Cancer
August 2nd 2022Subcutaneous (injectable) Tecentriq had similar movement throughout the body, while saving on treatment time compared to intravenous administration of the drug in a group of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.