Today, cancer stage and tumor size tell which patients will receive adjuvant chemotherapy. But the rise of biomarker testing ...

CHICAGO -- Biomarker-driven adjuvant therapy for intermediate/high-risk non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) led to ...

The firm saw an improvement in progression-free survival for patients on the ivonescimab regimen and a trend toward improved overall survival.

There are currently 18.6 million cancer survivors living in the US, according to the American Cancer Society, and this number ...

Bilateral Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy Is Associated With Potential Survival Advantages in Patients With Stage I Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Who Undergo Lung Resection ... We conducted a retrospective ...

The recurrence-free survival estimate at 5 years was 34% in stage III non-small cell lung cancer ... the seventh or eighth edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual (n = 60,695; 85 studies ...

Dr. Bryant Lin, who teaches medicine at Stanford University, was given a terminal diagnosis. He wanted his students to understand the humanity at the core of medicine. By Kate Selig Photographs by ...

As expected in the lung cancer population, tobacco smoking history is prevalent. More importantly, we utilized CT imaging obtained for initial cancer staging purposes to look for the presence of ...

There is not a separate staging system for lung carcinoid tumors. It uses the same classification as non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. The system described below is the most ...

NSCLC (mediastinal staging by endobronchial ultrasound or mediastinoscopy allowed but not required), primary tumor ≥1 cm in its longest diameter on CT scan, and documentation that the patient is a ...

Doctors use the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) TNM system to stage lung cancer, although it is typically used more for non-small cell lung cancer than SCLC, which doctors more often ...

The stage of a cancer tells you how big it is and how far it has spread. It helps your doctor decide the best treatment for you. TNM system stands for Tumour, Node and Metastasis. It is the most ...