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Lung CancerAnnual Report to the Nation: Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop
The death rate from cancer in the United States is continuing to decline among men, women, and children, according to the latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer.
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Remain Low
Very few people who could benefit from lung cancer screening – mostly current and former smokers – are actually getting the tests, according to findings from American Cancer Society researchers.
Research Under Way for Lung Cancer Dream Team
In the Spring of 2015, more than 35 of the nation’s leading cancer researchers joined an unprecedented effort to improve lung cancer treatment. The Lung Cancer Dream Team, as it’s known, is specifically focused on a difficult-to-treat lung cancer with a common gene mutation called KRAS, which occurs in 20-30% of lung cancers.
Junk DNA Research Leads to Lung Cancer Discovery
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine have recently discovered a new, non-coding gene that may play a key role in causing lung cancer.