Effectiveness of lorlatinib in advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive lung cancer
1. In this randomized, double-blind, phase three trial, progression-free survival was higher in patients treated with lorlatinib compared with crizotinib. ...
Tag: lung cancer
Chest radiograph neural network predicts lung cancer in smokers
1. A deep-learning network using chest radiographs and basic demographic information was able to predict lung cancer incidence similar to ...
Lung cancer mortality reduction linked to improvements in targeted therapies
1. In this retrospective cohort study, there was an observed decrease in mortality in non-small-cell lung cancer patients that corresponded ...
#VisualAbstract: Overall Survival with Osimertinib in Untreated, EGFR-Mutated Advanced NSCLC
1. After a 3-year follow-up to a phase 3 trial, the epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor osimertinib resulted in ...
Osimertinib associated with longer overall survival versus comparator EGFR-TKIs
1. After a 3-year follow-up to a phase 3 trial, the epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor osimertinib resulted in ...
Lung cancer screening according to existing guidelines is likely cost-effective
1. In this study comparing three prominent lung cancer screening strategies, all were found to be cost-effective, yielding incremental cost-effectiveness ...
Life-gained-based selection for cancer screening may result in superior health outcomes compared to risk-based selection
1. In this modelling study, life-gained-based selection of smokers for lung cancer screening resulted in a nearly threefold greater gain ...
LUNG-RADS criteria increases positive predictive value for lung cancer detection in high-risk patients [Classics Series]
The following study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine’s The Classics in Radiology: Summaries of Clinically Relevant ...
Prediction tool helps tailor lung cancer screening to patient benefit and preferences
1. Prediction tool may help physicians better personalize screening discussions with patients. 2. Benefits of the prediction tool, low-dose computer ...
Risk-based lung cancer screening may prevent more deaths than current guidelines
1. In terms of early lung cancer death per individual screened, targeting lung cancer mortality risk may improve lung cancer ...
