Lung Cancer

July 9, 2015July 9, 2015

Natera Announces New Collaboration With UCL Cancer Institute to Foster Lung Cancer Research

Lung Cancer, News

Natera, Inc., a company focusing on genetic testing and diagnostics to determine the likelihood for individuals that suffer from serious genetic conditions, just announced a new collaboration with the University College ... Read more

July 8, 2015July 8, 2015

Janet Freeman-Daily Named July’s LUNGevity Hero

Lung Cancer, News

The LUNGevity Foundation has named Janet Freeman-Daily, who is a stage IV lung cancer survivor, speaker, e-patient and award-winning lung cancer blogger, as the LUNGevity Hero for July. Janet is being awarded for her role ... Read more

July 8, 2015July 9, 2015

Boehringer Ingelheim Reports LUX-Lung 8 Results Showing Afatinib Outperforms Erlotinib in Lung SCC

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Boehringer Ingelheim recently announced publication of the results from the LUX-Lung 8 trial (NCT01523587) in the journal The Lancet Oncology. The trial is a prospective Phase III head-to-head clinical study ... Read more

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015

Biocept Expands Blood-Based Test To Identify Key Biomarkers For Non-Small Cell and Small Cell Lung Cancers

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Biocept, Inc., a molecular diagnostics firm that commercializes and develops liquid biopsies in order to improve both treatment and detection of cancer, recently announced the launch of the FGFR1 amplification test that ... Read more

July 6, 2015July 6, 2015

LungSelect Test For Non-Invasive Detection Of Clinically Actionable Mutations In Lung Cancer Launched

Lung Cancer, News

Baltimore based advanced cancer genome analysis and testing services firm Personal Genome Diagnostics, Inc. (PGDx) last month launched its LungSelect product that incorporates a proprietary technology for identifying the most ... Read more

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015

Probiotics Improve Anti-Tumor Drugs’ Effect in a Lung Cancer Mouse Model

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In a new study entitled “Well-balanced commensal microbiota contributes to anti-cancer response in a lung cancer mouse model,” researchers investigated whether gut microbiota modulates immune responses against tumors using a mouse ... Read more

June 25, 2015June 25, 2015

Guardant Health Partners With National Cancer Institute On Development of Prospective NSCLC Liquid Biopsy Study

Lung Cancer, News

Guardant Health recently announced a partnership with the National Cancer Institute, a cancer research SWOG funded consortium, in order to identify the mechanisms of resistance and future treatment options to address patients suffering with ... Read more

June 24, 2015June 24, 2015

SPECTAlung Aims To Identify New Biomarkers for Thoracic Tumors Patients

Lung Cancer, News

Identifying cancer molecular signatures and understanding how cancer cells hijack cellular pathways is key for a better understanding of cancer disease and for allowing researchers to develop increasingly more efficient ... Read more

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015

Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy Identified as Potential Non-Invasive Treatment for Operable Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer, News

In a recent study entitled “Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy versus lobectomy for operable stage I non-small-cell lung cancer: a pooled analysis of two randomized trials,” the authors show that stereotactic ablative radiotherapy ... Read more

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015

Batu Biologics Raises $1Million in Seed Funding to Target Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer, News

Batu Biologics, a immuno-oncology company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapies that target the blood vessels of tumors, recently announced the completion of a seed funding round ... Read more