Archive: 09/09/2019
BioMILD trial demonstrates lung cancer screening using microrna blood test enhance prevention effort
Lung cancer screening efforts have accelerated in the last decade, with researchers showing that low dose CT screening is effective in reducing lung cancer mortality. Now, researchers in Milan report that using a blood test, ...
Sep 9, 2019
Mutations associated with sensitivity or resistance to immunotherapy in mNSCLC
The relationship between gene alterations and response to anti-PD-L1 with and without anti-CTLA-4 are not well characterized. Dr. N. Rizvi from Columbia University Medical Center in New York today presented an update from ...
Sep 9, 2019
Durvalumab combined with chemotherapy improves overall survival in patients with lung cancer
Adding immunotherapy in the form of durvalumab to chemotherapy improves overall survival in patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, according to research presented today at the IASLC 2019 World Conference on ...
Sep 9, 2019
Village women prove effective at tackling Indonesia's growing killer
Women from villages in rural Indonesia are playing a key role in detecting and preventing the most common cause of death in Indonesia, cardiovascular disease, with the use of smart phones. Researchers have found that the ...
Sep 9, 2019