lung cancer Archive — Page 7 of 12
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August 16, 2018
A new target for lung cancer
Vanderbilt researchers have identified a new vulnerability in lung cancer — the transporter protein xCT — that may a therapeutic target for the disease. -
June 14, 2018
Lung cancer patients and advocates visit VUMC research labs
A group of young lung cancer patients and their family members recently toured research laboratories at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) to learn how investigators are working to find better therapies and possibly a cure for the disease. -
June 8, 2018
$8.1 million grant funds new center to research highly aggressive form of lung cancer
A five-year National Cancer Institute grant will fund an interdisciplinary research center for the study of small cell lung cancer, a highly aggressive, incurable form of the disease. -
May 29, 2018
New research finds lung cancer risk drops substantially within five years of quitting smoking
Just because you stopped smoking years ago doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods when it comes to developing lung cancer. That’s the “bad” news. The good news is your risk of lung cancer drops substantially within five years of quitting. -
May 24, 2018
New method to thwart false positives in CT-lung cancer screening
A team of investigators led by Fabien Maldonado, MD, associate professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt, and Tobias Peikert, MD, assistant professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, has identified a new technology to address false positives in CT-based lung cancer screening. The study was published in the latest issue of PLOS One. -
May 22, 2018
Unwelcome Encore
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May 22, 2018
Combating gaps in cancer outcomes is an out-of-office assignment