Lowering the USPSTF smoking pack-year lung cancer screening criteria to a minimum 20-pack-year history may increase the number of African American smokers who are screened.
The rate of discussions between physicians and patients regarding lung cancer screenings is very low.
Nonadherence to protocol screenings in a screening trial for multiple cancers may be linked to higher overall mortality, excluding mortality due to cancers studied in the trial.
Mean changes in hematologic indices found similar regardless of same-day or prior administration of B12 supplementation in patients receiving pemetrexed for NSCLC or pleural mesothelioma.
In September, health experts from around the globe gathered at the 2018 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Toronto. We compiled a list of 8 key findings presented at the event.
Immune checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis is a potentially serious complication that may occur more in patients with lung cancer than previously suspected.
Annual number of deaths expected to continue to decrease despite growth, aging of US population.
The use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors is associated with an increased risk for lung cancer compared with angiotensin receptor blockers.
Surgical invasiveness might play a role in the odds of becoming a long-term opioid user after early-stage lung cancer surgery.
Crossover in sex-specific rates among US non-Hispanic whites born since 1965
