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Attention Journalsts covering the European Lung Cancer Conference.  The webcast will be available around 8 a.m. EST at this site:  http://services.choruscall.eu/links/esmo120418.html  If you have any questions, please email Kristal Griffith at kristal.griffith@ialsc.org.  All the latest releases from the conference are below.

IASLC IN THE NEWS

MedPage Today - Clues to origin of lung cancer begin to emerge (Jan. 13, 2012)

Yahoo News India - Anti-estrogen drug combo may cut lung cancer risk in ex-smokers (Jan. 10, 2012)

USA Today - Never smokers have different mutations in genes than smokers (Jan. 10, 2012)  

US News - Anti-estrogen treatment shrank lung tumors in mice (Jan. 9, 2012)

latest iaslc news releases

Early detection techniques offer hope for improved outcomes in lung cancer patients  (April 18, 2012)

Advances in personalized medicine in lung cancer (April 18, 2012)

Gene signature helps identify risk of relapse in lung cancer patients (April 18, 2012)

Promising developments in early diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma (April 18, 2012)

New analysis helps guide use of erlotinib in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (April 18, 2012)

Lung cancer drug requires monitoring of testosterone levels  (April 5, 2012)

3rd European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) - Media Alert (March 29, 2012)

Estrogen-targeting drug combo may help prevent lung cancer (Jan. 10, 2012)

AACR-IASLC joint conference to focus on new diagnostic techniques, potential treatments (Jan. 5, 2012)

IASLC welcomes publication of CT screening results from National Lung Screening Trial (June 29, 2011)

IASLC launches Staging Atlas in Thoracic Oncology for iPad, iPhone, Android and BlackBerry (June 10, 2011)

Five advocacy organizations win travel awards to attend WCLC in Amsterdam (June 1, 2011)

Press program announced for 2011 World Conference on Lung Cancer (May 16, 2011)

IASLC to help advocacy organizations attend 14th WCLC in Amsterdam (March 4, 2011)

Lung societies unveil new international classification of lung adenocarcinoma (Feb. 1, 2011)

Online registration opens for 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Amsterdam (Jan. 4, 2011)

 

latest Journal of thoracic oncology news releases: 

Video assisted thoracic surgery valuable tool in lung cancer screening (May 15, 2012)

A marker in the lining of the lungs could be useful diagnostic technique for lung cancer screening (May 15, 2012)

Chemotherapy's effect on overall survival seems to increase based on tumor size in patients with NSCLC (May 15, 2012)

Urgent research needed to determine most effective follow-up care for lung cancer patients (April 15, 2012)

Despite obstacles, fine needle aspiration might be best diagnostic tool (April 15, 2012)

Latest research confirms genetic susceptibility to lung cancer (April 15, 2012)

Panel of serum biomarkers may reduce number of lung biopsies needed (March 15, 2012)

CYFRA21-1 might be predictive marker in advanced NSCLC (March 15, 2012)

Pleurectomy/Decortication proposed preferred surgical procedure (March 15, 2012)

Using online patient communities and new trial approaches to optimize clinical research (Feb. 15, 2012)

The link between TB and a gene mutation that causes lung cancer (Jan. 15, 2012)

IASLC sets up committee to move CT lung cancer strategic screening forward (Dec. 15, 2011)  

Lung cancer ALK rearrangement may predict pemetrexed efficacy, study shows (Sept. 1, 2011)

Fibrous stroma associated with poor prognosis in lung squamous cell carcinoma (Sept. 1, 2011)

Study: Inexpensive method detects ALK rearrangement in lung cancer patients (August 2, 2011)

Asian lung cancer patient survival exceeds Caucasians' on multiple regimens (June 1, 2011)

Renal cancer drug temsirolimus shows promise against mesothelioma (May 1, 2011)

New lung cancer staging system (TNM 7) better predicts local/regional recurrence, study shows (April 1, 2011)

Soy increases radiation's ability to kill lung cancer cells, study shows (April 1, 2011)

Spontaneous smoking cessation may be an early symptom of lung cancer, research suggests (March 1, 2011)

Lymph node dissection is not essential in small screen-detected lung cancers, new research shows (March 1, 2011)

High levels of circulating DNA may signal faster progression of lung cancer (Feb. 1, 2011)

Study finds evidence of increased lung cancer risk among tuberculosis patients (Jan. 1, 2011)

 

News releases by year:

 

• 2011
• 2010