Dusty Donaldson tenía un “cosquilleo” en su garganta y un ganglio linfático moderadamente hinchado en su cuello. Su doctor inicialmente ignoró sus síntomas, pero ella sabía que algo estaba mal. Presionó para obtener una respuesta y después de varias pruebas, recibió un diagnóstico de cáncer de pulmón. Se considera afortunada porque sobrevivió el cáncer de… Read More »
Early Screening for Lung Cancer Can Be a Lifesaver
Dusty Donaldson had a “tickle” in her throat and a mildly swollen lymph node in her neck. Her symptoms were initially dismissed by her doctor, but she knew something was wrong. She pushed for an answer, and after multiple tests, was diagnosed with lung cancer. As an 18-year survivor of lung cancer, she counts herself… Read More »
Proteins’ Role in Propelling Cancer Growth Unveiled
“In our efforts to develop better cancer therapies, this new analysis of the proteins driving tumor growth is the next step after cancer genome sequencing,” said senior author Li Ding, PhD, the David English Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Washington University. “Through our past work sequencing the genomes of cancer cells, we identified almost… Read More »
Lung Cancer 101 – HealthyWomen
Lung cancer is the second most common form of cancer. But over the last 20 years, the rates of lung cancer have gone down for men, but they have been on the rise for women. And that includes women who’ve never smoked. In fact, lung cancer kills 171 women a day — more than any… Read More »
Radiotherapy Benefits Lung Cancer Patients
“SBRT is commonly used as a treatment for early stage non-small cell lung cancer, and our results show strong tumor control. This suggests that SBRT may also be effective for lung neuroendocrine tumors,” said Oliver, assistant member of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Moffitt.” They performed a retrospective analysis of 48 lung neuroendocrine tumors… Read More »
