A prospective novel lung cancer drug has eradicated tumours in half the mice populace that were part of a study that has been printed in the 10th November edition of the Cancer Research journal. The drug halted the growth of lung cancer tumours and curbed their resistance to the treatment. The authors of the study at the Imperial College London are presently making preparations for taking the drug into its clinical trial phase for establishing if it could provide the much-needed hope to patients ailing from untreatable kind of lung cancer. One among five lung cancer individuals has small cell lung cancer and merely 3% of such individuals have life expectancy of 5 years. In this kind of lung cancer, the tumours have a swift proliferation rate hence it is seldom doable to surgically eradicate  [...]

Those ailing from preliminary stage, non-resectable lung cancer that could not be surgically operated upon, would henceforth have a potent treatment choice. Physicians vouch for the efficacy of the radical stereotactic radiosurgery conducted with the aid of CyberKnife that has a hundred percent general survival following 3 years among those patients having normally functioning lung prior to the treatment. The outcome of the study was lately presented at the yearly CHEST conference held in San Diego. The study has garnered a spot in the semi-final round for an Alfred Soffer Research Award, chosen for ‘outstanding original scientific research’. In patients having small-sized tumors typified as preliminary-stage cancer, surgical excision of the cancerous lobe by employing lobectomy is the  [...]

Lung Cancer is a condition that arises due to rapid, irregular cell proliferation in either one or both the lungs that could eventually transform into tumors. These tumors hamper the functioning capability of the lungs and soon metastasize or spread to other body parts. Lung Cancer ranks second in the listing for the most widespread form of cancer detected in the United States, accounting for close to a third of all cancer fatalities. Though cigarette smokers were the ones with the most recorded cases of lung cancer, however even non-smoking individuals developed lung cancer. Being exposed to radon, asbestos and second-hand smoke was also noted to increase the chances of developing lung cancer. In certain situations the reasons were unidentified. The most exigent factor of lung cancer is that  [...]