Lung Cancer Journal Articles

• Radiological Case: Giant Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Pleura What did contrast-enhanced CT scan reveal about the origin of this patient's chronic shortness of breath and wheezing?
  Applied Radiology, October 2018
• Lung Cancer Screening Advances in technology have made low-dose computerized tomography a cost-effective screening strategy for lung cancer.
  American Journal of Public Health, October 2018
• Survival After Repeated Surgery for Lung Cancer With IPF What do we currently know about the outcomes of repeated lung cancer surgery in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, October 2018
• Competing Risks in Older Patients With Cancer Older patients with cancer may value quality of life and relief of symptoms more than overall survival. Are clinical trials measuring appropriate endpoints in this population?
  Journal of the National Cancer Institute, September 2018
• RAF, MEK, and EGFR Inhibitor Dosing in Colorectal Cancer This case describes toxicities associated with different dose levels of dabrafenib, trametinib, and panitumumab in a patient with BRAF V600E colorectal cancer.
  JCO Precision Oncology, September 2018
• Diagnostic Difficulties of Primary Angiosarcoma of the Breast Initial misdiagnosis of a breast mass as a benign vascular tumor illustrate the diagnostic challenges of primary angiosarcoma of the breast.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 2018
• Association Between PPIs and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Might long-term use of proton pump inhibitors increase the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, September 2018
• Comorbidities and COPD Severity in a Clinic-Based Cohort Might the presence of specific comorbidities in COPD contribute to disease severity?
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, September 2018
• Hepatitis B Virus and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Several prior studies have suggested that chronic HBV infection can increase the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. What's the current best evidence on this possible relationship?
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, September 2018
• Sonographic Presentation of Metastases to the Thyroid Gland These cases highlight the role of sonography in the assessment of metastatic thyroid nodules.
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, September 2018
• Manual vs Automated Squamous Cell Carcinoma Antigen Assays Does the automated Elecsys SCC assay provide comparable performance to a manual assay for determining squamous cell carcinoma antigen levels?
  Laboratory Medicine, September 2018
• Immune Characterization of Breast Cancer Metastases Research finds that tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes may be a prognostic biomarker for advanced triple-negative breast cancer.
  Breast Cancer Research, September 2018
• Appropriate Intervals in Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening In which patients may a prolonged lung cancer screening interval be used?
  Translational Lung Cancer Research, September 2018
• Immunotherapies in Oncology and Their Side Effect Profiles Learn about the side effect profiles of the various classes of new and emerging immunotherapies used for cancer treatment.
  Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, August 2018
• Phase III Study of IV Fosnetupitant and Palonosetron (NEPA) The fixed combination of IV fosnetupitant 235 mg plus palonosetron 0.25 mg has comparable safety and tolerability as the oral combination.
  Annals of Oncology, August 2018
• Can My Primary Care Doctor Treat My Cancer? A primary care physician may have stepped on a few toes by taking over his patient's lung cancer treatment, but with his support and compassion the patient thrived. Is this the way of the future?
  American Family Physician, August 2018
• Utility of Rapid EGFR Genotyping in Advanced Lung Cancer With expedited EGFR genotyping, patients with NSCLC may be able to access effective targeted therapies sooner.
  JCO Precision Oncology, August 2018
• Earlier Smoking After Waking and the Risk of Asthma Smokers who light up within five minutes of waking for the day may be at a greater risk for developing asthma, a new study suggests.
  BMC Pulmonary Medicine, August 2018
• Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Inpatient Setting This case series demonstrates how point-of-care ultrasound can improve bedside examination, differential diagnosis, and clinical decision making for hospitalized patients.
  Southern Medical Journal, August 2018
• Selecting Lung Cancer Screenees Using Risk Prediction Models Several trials are evaluating whether risk can be used to to determine eligibility for lung cancer screening.
  Translational Lung Cancer Research, August 2018