Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/lung_cancer/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241176.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241176.phpScientists from The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells (CTCs) - breakaway cells from patients' solid tumors - from cancer patients...Prostate / Prostate Cancer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241180.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241180.phpDifferent kinds of lung cancer behave in different ways, suggesting they are fundamentally different diseases. According to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in Cancer, the official journal of the American Cancer Society, different subgroups of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) show distinct patterns of spread in the body...Lung Cancer Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241137.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241137.phpCombination drug therapy may be needed to combat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Van Andel Research Institute (VARI). The study, "STAT3 is Activated by JAK2 Independent of Key Oncogenic Driver Mutation in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma," was published online by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE...Lung Cancer Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241031.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241031.phpA report from investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center has defined the role of a recently identified gene abnormality in a deadly form of lung cancer. Tumors driven by rearrangements in the ROS1 gene represent 1 to 2 percent of non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC), the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S...Lung Cancer Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241070.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241070.php ONCOLOGY: Answers to age-old questions surrounding fat cell cancer Myxoid round cell liposarcoma (MRCLS) is a cancerous tumor that typically arises in deep fat tissues of the limbs or abdomen. It was shown almost 20 years ago to be characterized by a chromosomal change that generates a fusion protein known as TLS:CHOP...Cancer / Oncology Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240902.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240902.phpCancer is one of the most common causes of death in humans. The conventional cancer therapies include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and targeting therapies, which are intended to directly destroy and eliminate tumor cells. These treatments often fail, resulting in tumor metastasis and recurrence. Therefore, there is a critical need for novel cancer therapies...Cancer / Oncology Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240917.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240917.phpAccording to a recent study, there is a new mechanism of drug release using 3D superhydrophobic materials that utilizes air as a removable barrier to control the rate at which drug is released. The study was electronically published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society...Pain / Anesthetics Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240889.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240889.phpAn assay which measures the activity of 14 genes in lung cancer tumors can accurately predict who will respond well to surgery and who will probably die within five years, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in The Lancet...Lung Cancer Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240702.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240702.php According to a study published January 23 online in Cancer, many smokers do not drop the habit after being diagnosed with colorectal or lung cancer. The study by Elyse R. Ph.D., M.P.H.and her team at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston involved 3,063 patients with colorectal cancer and 2,456 with lung cancer. The patients were seen at the time of diagnosis, and also five months later...Smoking / Quit Smoking Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240672.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240672.phpA new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on which cancer patients might need help to quit smoking...Smoking / Quit Smoking Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240578.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240578.phpNew research published in Nature Medicine indicates that targeted drugs such as gefitinib might more effectively treat non-small cell lung cancer if they could be combined with agents that block certain microRNAs. The study was led by investigators with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J...Lung Cancer Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240524.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240524.phpScientists from the University of Colorado Cancer Center have once again advanced the treatment of a specific kind of lung cancer. The team has documented how anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) becomes resistant to a drug targeting the abnormal protein in the cancer...Lung Cancer Thu, 19 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240458.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240458.phpTuberculosis (TB) has been suspected to increase a person's risk of lung cancer because the pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis can induce genetic damage. However, direct evidence of specific genetic changes and the disease have not been extensively reported...Lung Cancer Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240268.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240268.phpAccording to an investigation published in the recent issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida have discovered that a malignancy-risk gene signature created for breast cancer has predictive and prognostic value for individuals suffering with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)...Lung Cancer Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240154.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240154.phpSmoking may be associated with the development of molecular features of cancer in the large airway epithelium. In the small airway epithelium, molecular cancerization is associated with development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to recent data...Smoking / Quit Smoking Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240155.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240155.phpThe investigational drug ganetespib, a synthetic second-generation Hsp90 inhibitor, slowed the growth of cancer cells taken from non-small cell lung cancer tumors with a mutation in the KRAS gene. The drug was even more active when combined with traditional lung cancer treatments and other investigational targeted therapies, according to preclinical study data. David A. Proia, Ph.D...Lung Cancer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240091.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240091.phpResearchers have developed a method to analyze circulating tumor cells in the blood of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. This method, which can analyze a sample size as small as three cells, may allow clinicians to track cancer progress and treatments and could help them develop new therapies...Lung Cancer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240086.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240086.phpResearchers have begun to identify which mutations and pathway changes lead to lung cancer in never-smokers - a first step in developing potential therapeutic targets. Never-smokers (defined as an individual who smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in his or her lifetime) are estimated to account for 10 percent of lung cancer cases...Lung Cancer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240087.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240087.phpMulticentric carcinogenesis with the same genetic mutation appears to occur in lung adenocarcinoma, according to data presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer: Biology, Therapy and Personalized Medicine, held Jan. 8-11, 2012...Lung Cancer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240088.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240088.phpA combination of drugs that target estrogen production significantly reduced the number of tobacco carcinogen-induced lung tumors in mice, according to results from a preclinical study. "Antiestrogens have been shown to prevent breast cancer in some women," said Jill M. Siegfried, Ph.D...Lung Cancer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240089.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240089.phpSorafenib was effective in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and a KRAS mutation, but survival rates were reportedly "unsatisfactory," according to data presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer: Biology, Therapy and Personalized Medicine, held Jan. 8-11, 2012...Lung Cancer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240047.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240047.phpA malignancy-risk gene signature developed for breast cancer has been found to have predictive and prognostic value for patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer. The advancement was made by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., who published their study results in a recent issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...Lung Cancer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240053.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/240053.phpUse of statins may influence susceptibility to or the progression of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in smokers, according to a new study...Smoking / Quit Smoking Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240025.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240025.phpData assessing custirsen (OGX-011/TV-1011), an investigational compound, in individuals with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were published online in the January 2012 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced January 4th...Lung Cancer Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239908.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239908.phpEach year in the U.S., lung cancer kills more individuals than prostate, colon, and breast cancers combined. Often the disease goes undetected until it has reached an advanced and more difficult-to-treat stage. At present the only method to detect lung cancer are biopsies, which are highly involved and invasive for patients...Lung Cancer