A presentation of updated results from the VIOLET study comparing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with open lobectomy showed that improvements in pain, in-hospital complications, and shorter hospital stay previously reported […] Read more
High-dose 70 Gy once-daily thoracic radiotherapy did not significantly improve OS compared with the current standard of 45 Gy twice-daily radiotherapy in patients with limited-stage SCLC, according to results of […] Read more
Treatment of operable, stage-I NSCLC with stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) was noninferior to video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) with mediastinal lymph node dissection (L-MLND). Joseph Y. Chang, MD, of The University […] Read more
Adjuvant atezolizumab significantly improved disease-free survival (DFS) compared with best supportive care after chemotherapy in patients with resected stage II-IIIA NSCLC, according to the results of the IMpower010 study presented […] Read more
CT screening for lung cancer can reveal subtle early signs of disease in the lungs that extend beyond potential malignancy. As reviewed by Bram van Ginneken, PhD, of the Radboud […] Read more
Although about 20% of those who die of lung cancer in the United States each year have never smoked,1 only individuals with heavy smoking histories are eligible for low-dose CT […] Read more
A wide range of nations at various stages of economic and health-system development fall under the umbrella of low- and middle-income countries (LIMC). As Lucía Viola, MD, of the Fundación […] Read more
Finding one effective test for the three chest conditions that are the leading causes of death in China, without a high risk of false positives, would allow better control of […] Read more
The first forays into lung cancer screening began in the 1970s, with two trials evaluating the use of chest x-ray and sputum cytology to detect disease. Those trials showed no […] Read more
Even the most advanced CT scanners available face limitations in their ability to measure small lung nodules. This is a concern since small errors in two-dimensional measures can quickly balloon […] Read more