Certain mutations can be "drivers" of your lung cancer. That means they’re the main cause of your cancer growth and cell division. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation is one ...
This uncontrolled division of cells causes cancer. There are two main types of lung cancer: small-cell and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Most lung cancer cases are NSCLC. About 32% of NSCLC ...
You may experience a high white blood cell count with lung cancer due to infections. Medications, such as chemotherapy, may also affect your white blood cell count. Lung cancer begins with lung ...
Optune Lua creates tumor-treating fields to disrupt cancer cell division, and it is used in conjunction with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors or docetaxel to treat metastatic non–small cell lung cancer ...
As Ahmet F. Coskun and his team of researchers continue their mission to create a 3D atlas of the human body, mapping cells ...
Mutant RAS proteins drive the progression of some of the deadliest cancers, including nearly all pancreatic cancers, half of colorectal cancers, and one-third of lung cancers. These mutant proteins ...
Clorinda Schettino, Division of Medical Oncology ... and 160,390 cancer-related deaths in the USA in 2007. Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for approximately 80% of all lung cancers.
Adding a second checkpoint inhibitor to chemotherapy improves outcomes among patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC ... assistant professor in the Division of Hematology and Oncology ...