Lung Cancer Edition: Top Headlines for Week of April 28, 2025
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In this edition, reduction efforts prevent 3.8 million lung cancer deaths since 1970, first-line combination should be ‘new standard’ in advanced lung cancer and more.
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Smoking cessation, reduction efforts prevent 3.8 million lung cancer deaths since 1970
First-line combination should be ‘new standard’ in advanced lung cancer
Only 1 in 5 people treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors respond to therapy
‘It can save their lives’: Annual lung cancer screening improves cancer detection rate
‘Are we giving false hope?’: Few hospitalized people with cancer benefit from immunotherapy
References:
Haslam A, et al. Int J Cancer. 2025;doi:10.1002/ijc.35347.
Islami F, et al. CA Cancer J Clin. 2025;doi:10.3322/caac.70005.
Kim RY, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0942.
Riaz F, et al. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025;doi:10.1200/OP-24-00788.
Yang JCH, et al. Amivantamab plus lazertinib vs osimertinib in first-line EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC. Presented at: European Lung Cancer Congress; March 26-29, 2025; Paris.
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