Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high-energy rays, like X-rays, gamma rays or protons, to target and destroy cancer cells. It works by damaging the DNA of cancer cells, preventing them from ...

Large cell carcinoma is aggressive, requiring early detection through imaging and biopsy for optimal treatment outcomes.

Higher radiation doses (70 Gy) in lung cancer treatment did not increase pneumonitis risk and improved survival rates. Patients receiving 70 Gy had lower pneumonitis rates (34.5%) compared to ...

About 80% of people who have lung cancer have non-small-cell lung cancer. NSCLC usually spreads more slowly than small-cell lung cancers. Both cancers affect the lungs and have similar symptoms, but ...

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will present new data at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2025 Annual Meeting demonstrating that stereotactic body ...

Standard of care in unresectable, locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) involves chemoradiation plus a checkpoint inhibitor. This small trial found a promising progression-free survival ...

In a randomized pilot study recently published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, an international research team led by Andrea Facciabene, Ph.D., and Steven Joel Feigenberg, MD, both of the ...

Advances in lung cancer treatment have changed survival in ways that were unimaginable even a decade ago. Targeted drugs, ...

Shame can shape how early patients get diagnosed, and how aggressively they pursue treatment, if at all. In a 2014 study, Dr.

SHREVEPORT, La. - A routine medical screening is credited with saving a local woman's life. Doctors say lung cancer often ...