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90% off that stinkin' lung tumor!! by Moshura's Sister Patient Expert

Posted Thu 09 Apr 2009 7:13pm This is great news. Read on »

Rosetta Genomics Sells Parkway Clinical Labs – Lab Facility Identifies Cancer of the Unknown Primary with Lung Tumors by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 May 2009 10:43pm cancer of the unknown primary with lung cancer tumors, offering an answer for many who suffer with lung tumors, but in fact it was cancer that originated from another part... of cancers than others. Rosetta Genomics Interview – microRNA for Diagnosing Lung Cancer Tumors We talked about the lab and it’s advantageous geographic location, the lab Read on »

Crizotinib Continues to Show Promise for Some Lung Tumors, Faces Challenge of Drug Resistance by Cancer.gov Posted Mon 01 Nov 2010 9:00pm Crizotinib Continues to Show Promise for Some Lung Tumors, Faces Challenge of Drug Resistance In a patient... of their tumors. The updated results were published October 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In comparison, only about 10 percent of lung cancer patients who Read on »

Crizotinib Continues to Show Promise for Some Lung Tumors, Faces Challenge of Drug Resistance by Cancer.gov Posted Tue 07 Dec 2010 12:00am Crizotinib Continues to Show Promise for Some Lung Tumors, Faces Challenge of Drug Resistance Adapted from the NCI Cancer Bulletin... of crizotinib. Later, only patients with solid tumors that had proven molecular abnormalities thought to be targeted by crizotinib, including ALK gene rearrangements in lung cancer, were Read on »

Rosetta Genomics Interview – microRNA for Diagnosing Lung Cancer Tumors by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Sun 11 Jan 2009 4:20pm squamous from non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). miRview™ mets is a microRNA-based molecular diagnostic test that identifies the tissue-of-origin of metastatic tumors.... that could or could not determine the type of cancer. miRview™ meso – this test will be able to determine whether or not a lung tumor was either created by the body itself Read on »

ALK Inhibition in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor by Mark Pool, MD Posted Thu 28 Oct 2010 9:51pm appropriate testing for ALK rearrangement but also that you might "shine" at your next Tumor Conference ; ) BTW, the article by Kwak et al. presents in paper form the data that rocked... tyrosine kinase inhibitor crizotinib (PF-02341066, Pfizer) in non-small-cell lung cancers harboring the oncogenic fusion gene EML4-ALK and in a patient with ALK-rearrangement Read on »

Experimental Drug Makes Lung Cancer Tumor Shrink In 90% Of Patients by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Sun 06 Jun 2010 8:48am Medical News Today An extremely promising experimental drug, called crizotinib for lung cancer patients with a specific gene has shrunk tumors in 90... to crizotinib have so far lasted up to 15 months - it has been fast-tracked into late-stage testing. Crizotinib targets a gene that promotes the growth of the tumor, i.e. it targets Read on »

Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows by Matthew Z. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 10 Feb 2009 10:11am The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University. Researchers do not know why THC inhibits tumor growth, they say the substance could be activating molecules that arrest the cell cycle. read more | digg story Read on »

Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor--report of proposed new entity by Mark Pool, MD Posted Mon 31 Jan 2011 10:13pm in only 1 case. Fetal lung interstitial tumor (FLIT) is the term proposed by the authors to describe a lobar-based tumor well-demarcated from surrounding normal lung that presents... a fascinating article from Dishop and (multiple) colleagues reporting 10 morphologically distinct tumors from multiple American institutions. The patients' ages ranged from 0 days to 3 Read on »

Pulmonary Functions Test done, near 20% drop in lung function, orders update by Strapples Patient Expert

Posted Thu 15 Oct 2009 10:02pm my vmax 229 Yesterday (technically, dammit sleep patterns and backlog from sleep study) we went for my Pulmonary Functions Test. This test is vital in the big current... it to go to them! *Yawn and more yawn* goodnight all. Orders List Pulmonary Functions Test (monitor respiratory status / evaluate for trach) <DONE> Cardiac Monitor < Read on »