By Douglas Arenberg, MD Posted: February 2018 There has been rapid change over the past decade in the field of lung cancer. Advances such as histology-specific treatments, targeted agents, immunotherapy, […] Read more
Editor’s Note: IASLC Lung Cancer News is pleased to publish this article as part of its continuing focus on the expansion of “combustible tobacco” (cigarettes) to include non-combustible products and […] Read more
Posted: April 2017 Opinion-No: Emily Stone, MBBS, MMed There is little doubt that lung cancer patients and the people around them who smoke need to stop. Smoking cessation can improve […] Read more
Posted: April 2017 By Cynthia L. Kryder, MS Tobacco exposure remains one of the leading preventable causes of premature disease and death in the United States and abroad. Around the […] Read more
Posted: February 2017 By Kenneth Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH Cigarette packaging designs with different logos, imagery, size configurations and color schemes have been an important marketing tool used by manufacturers […] Read more
By Erik J. MacLaren, PhD Tobacco smoking is a well-known risk factor for developing lung cancers, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that nine out […] Read more
By Kenneth Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH The US FDA recently finalized a new rule (http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/ Labeling/RulesRegulationsGuidance/ ucm388395.htm) that will extend its regulatory authority to all tobacco products, including small and […] Read more
By Prof. Brigit Toebes, PhD, and Willem Bantema, MSc, in collaboration with Wanda de Kanter, MD Critics have warned that Dutch legislation and policy increasingly lag behind that of other […] Read more
Tobacco smoking dramatically increases the risk of developing lung cancers, and it has long been recognized that nicotine addiction is one of the biggest obstacles to changing current smokers’ behavior. […] Read more
By Emily Stone, MBBS, MMed, FRACP, and Graham Warren, MD, PhD Tobacco control is set to become one of the most clinically effective and rapidly developing areas in lung cancer […] Read more