April 24th 2025
Findings from a multicenter cohort study support screening adherence as a key lung cancer screening quality metric.
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May 30, 2025 - June 3, 2025
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Fighting Disparities and Saving Lives: An Exploration of Challenges and Solutions in Cancer Care
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26th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-26, 2025
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20th Annual New York Lung Cancers Symposium®
November 15, 2025
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Cases & Conversations™: Integrating Novel Approaches to Treatment in First-line ALK+ mNSCLC – Enhancing Patient Outcomes with Real World Multidisciplinary Strategies
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Annual Hawaii Cancer Conference
January 24-25, 2026
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A Breath of Strength: Managing Cancer Associated LEMS and Lung Cancer as One
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Striking the Right Nerve: Managing Cancer Associated LEMS in Lung Cancer Patients
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Virtual Testing Board: Digging Deeper on Your Testing Reports to Elevate Patient Outcomes in Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
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Commentary: Current Status of Retinoid Chemoprevention of Lung Cancer
March 1st 1995The lack of effective treatments for advanced cancer has been one of the motivating forces in the field of cancer prevention. Nowhere is this approach more justified than in primary pulmonary neoplasms. In this article, Benner and his M.D. Anderson colleagues review trials investigating the prevention of lung cancer utilizing retinoids and carotenoids.
Navelbine Is Now Available for Use in Inoperable Advanced Stage NSCLC
February 1st 1995RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC--Navelbine (vinorelbine tartrate), a semisynthetic vinca alkaloid, has become the first new treatment to receive FDA approval for inoperable advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in 20 years, Burroughs Wellcome Co., manufacturer of Navelbine, announced at a telephone news conference.
Early Results of RTOG Small-Cell Lung Cancer Trial
February 1st 1995Survival and local control rates for limited stage small-cell lung cancer patients treated with either once-daily or twice-daily thoracic radiation plus cisplatin (Platinol) and etoposide (VePesid) are substantially better than with previously reported
Promising Results Demonstrated with New Agent for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
January 1st 1995Preliminary clinical results with gemcitabine, an investigational difluoronucleoside, were presented during scientific sessions organized by the 7th World Conference on Lung Cancer, which was held in Colorado Springs last year. The agent produced
FDA Oncology Drugs Committee Fails to Recommend Taxotere and Ethyol
January 1st 1995ROCKVILLE, Md--To the surprise of many, the FDA Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee recommended that Taxotere (docetaxel, Rhône-Poulenc Rorer) not be approved for marketing at this time. The company was seeking approval of the drug for use in locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer when previous therapy with an anthracycline has failed, and in locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer after failure of platinum-based chemotherapy.