lung cancer Archive — Page 7 of 16

Three Vanderbilt research team members pose indoors: a man in a striped shirt, a woman in a white jacket, and a woman in a red top.
July 8, 2019

Clinical study tests drug that may prevent cancer metastasis

A clinical study of a drug that may block cancer metastasis is currently enrolling patients at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center.

By Leigh MacMillan
An older man wearing a flat cap, glasses, and a burgundy shirt stands indoors beside a tall, colorful mosaic horse sculpture, resting one hand on its neck.
June 6, 2019

Immunotherapy helping 87-year-old man stay on the job

Nine years after being diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer, Roszell Mack Jr., 87, still goes into the office every day thanks to a durable response to the immunotherapy pembrolizumab.

By Tom Wilemon
The Vanderbilt team studying histoplasmosis includes (front row, from left, Heidi Chen, PhD, Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH, (back row, from left) Stephen Deppen, PhD, Eric Grogan, MD, MPH, and Jeffrey Blume, PhD.
April 18, 2019

Team explores fungal infection quandary in lung cancer screenings

Serving a region that lies within the tobacco belt, clinicians at Vanderbilt Health face challenges distinguishing lung cancer from histoplasmosis, a fungal infection that creates cancer-mimicking lesions in the lungs.

By Tom Wilemon
January 17, 2019

Spalluto, Lewis to lead VA lung screening initiative

Lucy Spalluto, MD, assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, and Jennifer Lewis, MD, MS, instructor in Medicine, have been selected to co-lead the Veterans Affairs — Partnership to increase Access to Lung Screening (VA-PALS) National Program Evaluation.

January 3, 2019

Advances against cancer

By Tom Wilemon
Stylized illustration of a large pink-and-purple rounded mass covered with numerous small red, oval-bodied organisms, with additional organisms scattered across a pink surface and pale background.
January 3, 2019

Therapy Advancement for an Aggressive Lung Cancer

By Tom Wilemon