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Tumor size serves as a prognostic indicator for curability
News-Medical-Net - Feb 14 10:13 AM
Smaller tumors in the lungs appear to be less likely to have spread than larger tumors among patients with asymptomatic lung cancer, suggesting that early screening may be useful in detecting cancers that are still curable, according to a new article in the Archives of Internal Medicine.Save to My Web

Point Therapeutics initiates phase III lung cancer trial
Pharmaceutical Business Review - Feb 10 5:57 PM
Point Therapeutics has enrolled the first patient in the companys second phase III clinical trial, which will evaluate its anticancer drug talabostat in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.Save to My Web

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EARTHtimes.org - Feb 14 2:18 PM
Scientists say by assessing lung-tumor size, it can be predicted as to how much a lung cancer can spread, a study by New York scientists says.Save to My Web

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to investigate Chemokine Therapeutics' CTCE-9908 in a preclinical study of human brain
FinanzNachrichten - Feb 16 6:25 AM
VANCOUVER, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. (the Company) (OTCBB: CHKT; TSX: CTI), a biotechnology company developing chemokine-based therapies to treat cancer, blood disorders, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases, today announced that it has executed a Material Transfer Agreement with the Dana- ( Nachrichten ) Farber Cancer Institute of Boston, Massachusetts.Save to My Web

Even asymptomatic former smokers should consider CT screening
News-Medical-Net - Feb 14 7:42 AM
Smokers and former smokers should be screened for lung cancer even if they don't have symptoms, according to a new study led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.Save to My Web

African-Americans Disproportionately Affected by Lung Disease; Lung Cancer Is Top 3 Killer
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago
African-Americans are more likely to develop lung cancer than persons of any other racial or ethnic group according to updated American Lung Association Lung Disease Data in Culturally Diverse Communities Fact Sheets.Save to My Web

Bayer and Onyx Initiate Phase III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial Studying Nexavar (sorafenib) Tablets in Combination
FinanzNachrichten - Feb 16 7:39 AM
WEST HAVEN, Conn., and EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bayer ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the initiation of a randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled Phase III clinical trial studying Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets administered in combination with the chemotherapeutic agents carboplatin and Save to My Web

Laurie Fenton, President of the Lung Cancer Alliance Responds to the Statement Issued Yesterday by the American Cancer
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 10 3:20 PM
The following is being issued by the Lung Cancer Alliance:Save to My Web