The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Alimta as a maintenance therapy for advanced lung cancer. Earlier today, the FDA stated that Alimta can be used as a preventive measure for metastatic, or spreading, lung cancer.

Exercise is known to have a positive effect on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. New study shows it can even improve the symptoms of lung cancer. A study in the May issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has shown that exercise also plays an important role in both primary and secondary prevention of lung cancer.

Cancer vaccines and targeted therapies are beginning to offer new options for lung cancer treatment following surgery for patients with early stages of lung cancer, experts said at the first European Multidisciplinary Conference in Thoracic Oncology (EMCTO) in Lugano, Switzerland (1-3 May 2009).

Prevention, personalized therapies and closer collaborations between surgeons, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists will result in better outcomes for lung cancer patients and those at risk, a leading European expert says.

Black patients suffering from lung cancer are less likely to receive recommended chemotherapy and surgery than white lung cancer patients, a disparity that shows no signs of lessening.

Higher doses of radiation combined with chemotherapy improve survival in patients with stage III lung cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

In the past few years, a number of anti-cancer drugs have been developed which are directed selectively against specific key molecules of tumor cells.

Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have identified a new tumor suppressor that may help scientists develop more targeted drug therapies to combat lung cancer.

Individuals with particular variants of certain genes involved in metabolizing the most potent carcinogen found in cigarette smoke have an increased risk of developing lung cancer.

Blocking 2 cell signalling pathways leads to dramatic shrinkage of K-Ras-mutated tumors in animal model

On Friday, I had to go up to Clatterbridge Hospital to see my oncologist and collect my new meds. Tarceva is a tablet that I have to take at the same time each day, on an empty stomach, and an hour before eating.

Scientists today announced the results of the largest genomic study to date of lung adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer.