Lung Cancer News

June 26, 2025

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Unusual Carbon Build-Up Found in Lungs of COPD Patients

June 10, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that people with COPD have lung cells that contain over three times as much soot-like carbon as those of smokers without the disease. These overloaded cells are larger and trigger more inflammation, suggesting that ...

Shocking Brain Cancer Breakthrough: Electric Fields Supercharge Immune Assault

June 9, 2025 — A breakthrough study from Keck Medicine of USC may have found a powerful new triple therapy for glioblastoma, one of the deadliest brain cancers. By combining Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), which ...

New Genetic Test Can Diagnose Brain Tumors in as Little as Two Hours

May 21, 2025 — Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours.The team utilized the new approach during 50 brain tumor ...

Focused Ultrasound Halts Growth of Debilitating Brain Lesions

May 16, 2025 — A new, incision-free technique developed at UVA Health to treat debilitating brain lesions called cerebral cavernous malformations, or cavernomas, has shown great promise in early testing, halting the growth of the lesions almost ...

Apr. 25, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that expansion of mutant blood cells, a phenomenon linked to aging, can be found in cancerous tumors, and this is associated with worse outcomes for ...

Blocking a Surprising Master Regulator of Immunity Eradicates Liver Tumors in Mice

Apr. 25, 2025 — 'Cold' tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in ...

Experimental Cancer Drug Could Streamline Standard Tuberculosis Treatment and Prevent Post-TB Lung Disease, Study Suggests

Apr. 22, 2025 — An experimental drug now in clinical trials as a cancer treatment could help boost the power of first-line tuberculosis (TB) treatments by helping infected cells die a gentler death, investigators ...

Study Shows How New Antibody Therapy Works Against Ovarian Cancer

Apr. 14, 2025 — Research has shed light on how a new type of antibody treatment reactivates patients' immune cells to fight ovarian ...

Researchers Develop New Way to Match Young Cancer Patients With the Right Drugs

Apr. 1, 2025 — A team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumors in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins. The team has combined these two ...

New Options for Controlling Type 2 Diabetes

Apr. 1, 2025 — Nearly 40% of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes imperil their health by stopping their medication within the first year, diabetes experts ...

New Antibody Reduces Tumor Growth in Treatment-Resistant Breast and Ovarian Cancers

Mar. 15, 2025 — A new type of antibody which stimulates the immune system to target cancer cells slows tumour growth, according to new ...

Research Challenges Our Understanding of Cancer Predisposition

Feb. 25, 2025 — New findings question assumptions of cancer formation in individuals with the cancer-predisposition syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, and offer hope for a personalized approach to early cancer recognition including for those with similar ...

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New Tool Reveals Disruption of Immune Cells in Blood Is Linked to Cancer Outcomes

Feb. 18, 2025 — The immune systems of cancer patients are highly disrupted, with those who have a higher number of immune cells in their blood having a better ...

An Enzyme to Disarm Tumors

Feb. 16, 2025 — When a tumour develops, it creates a structure around itself called the tumour stroma, within which blood and lymphatic vessels ensure nutritional and respiratory biological exchanges. ...

Lung Cancer Cells Can Go 'Off Grid'

Feb. 16, 2025 — Researchers have found that some particularly aggressive lung cancer cells can develop their own electric network, like that seen in the body's nervous ...

Second-Hand Smoke Exposure During Childhood Leaves Its Mark on Children's DNA

Feb. 11, 2025 — Children exposed to second-hand smoke at home are more likely to show certain changes in the epigenome, which can alter the way genes are expressed. ...

Breast Cancers Broadly Defined by Their Genome Architecture

Feb. 10, 2025 — Breast cancers at all stages are defined by the structure of their genomes, researchers find. Targeting these processes early is likely to offer unexpected therapeutic ...

Pancreatic Cancer Immune Map Provides Clues for Precision Treatment Targeting

Feb. 7, 2025 — Pancreatic cancer patients may benefit from future precision treatments as a new study shows how some tumors may potentially be more susceptible to ...

Research Discovery Halts Childhood Brain Tumor Before It Forms

Feb. 4, 2025 — A research team has identified a critical event driving tumor growth in a type of medulloblastoma -- and a way to block ...

Skin Cancer: New Treatment Option Successfully Tested

Jan. 27, 2025 — Basal cell carcinomas, the most common form of skin cancer, occur in chronically sun-exposed areas such as the face. Locally advanced tumors in particular can be difficult to treat surgically. A ...

Dissolving Clusters of Cancer Cells to Prevent Metastases

Jan. 24, 2025 — Successful test in breast cancer patients: the active agent digoxin, a cardiac medication, dissolves clusters of circulating breast cancer cells in the blood, thus reducing the risk of metastases ...

Targeting Potassium Channel Shows Promise for Treating Brain Tumors

Jan. 24, 2025 — Researchers find blocking the KCNB2 gene can slow tumor growth, paving the way for next-gen treatments for childhood brain ...

Kilauea Volcano's Ash Prompted Largest Open Ocean Phytoplankton Bloom

Apr. 9, 2025 — A new study by an international team of researchers revealed that a rare and large summertime phytoplankton bloom in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre in the summer of 2018 was prompted by ash from ...

Predicting How Childhood Kidney Cancers Develop

Jan. 23, 2025 — New research looked at how cancers arise in children who are predisposed to developing the childhood kidney cancer, Wilms tumor, which could help anticipate the development of tumors before they ...

New Study Paves Way for Immunotherapies Tailored for Childhood Cancers

Jan. 20, 2025 — Researchers have determined how children's immune systems react to different kinds of cancer depending on their age. The study reveals significant differences between the immune response of ...

Protein Level Predicts Immunotherapy Response in Bowel Cancer

Jan. 16, 2025 — Researchers have shown that the amount of a protein called CD74 can indicate which people with bowel cancer may respond best to ...

Lung Cancer Test Predicts Survival in Early Stages Better Than Current Methods

Jan. 9, 2025 — Researchers have shown that a test called ORACLE can predict lung cancer survival at the point of diagnosis better than currently used clinical risk factors. This could help doctors make more ...

Breakthrough Study Set to Change How Osteosarcomas Are Diagnosed and Treated

Dec. 20, 2024 — Researchers have been able to identify at least three distinct subtypes of a rare type of bone cancer for the first time, which could transform clinical trials and patient ...

Scientists Develop Scans That Light-Up Aggressive Cancer Tumors for Better Treatment

Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers have used a chemical compound to light up treatment-resistant cancers on imaging scans, in a breakthrough that could help medical professionals better target and treat ...

Persistent Tobacco Smoking from Childhood May Cause Heart Damage by the Mid-Twenties

Dec. 11, 2024 — The majority of children who started smoking tobacco at age 10 years or in their later teens continued to smoke until their mid-twenties. Continuous smoking from childhood significantly increased the ...

Soda Taxes Don't Just Affect Sales: They Help Change People's Minds

Dec. 10, 2024 — The city of Berkeley's first-in-the-nation soda tax a decade ago, along with more recent Bay Area tax increases on sugar-sweetened drinks, have not only led to reduced sales. They are also ...

Imaging Technique Allows Rapid Assessment of Ovarian Cancer Subtypes and Their Response to Treatment

Dec. 6, 2024 — An MRI-based imaging technique predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumors to treatment, and rapidly reveals how well treatment is working, in patient-derived cell ...

Long-Term Benefit from Anti-Hormonal Treatment Is Influenced by Menopausal Status

Dec. 3, 2024 — Today, women with estrogen-sensitive breast cancer receive anti-hormonal therapy. Researchers now show that postmenopausal women with low-risk tumors have a long-term benefit for at least 20 years, ...

Cancers Grow Uniformly Throughout Their Mass, Study Finds

Nov. 26, 2024 — Cancer cells on the surface are thought to have natural advantages compared to cells deep within, which is why scientists have hypothesized tumors grow more in their periphery than in the core. A ...

Cigarette Smoke Alters Microbiota, Aggravates Flu Severity

Nov. 20, 2024 — A new study shows that cigarette-smoke induced changes to the microbiota resulted in increased severity of disease in mice infected with influenza A ...

Mathematical Modelling Leads to a Better Understanding of Prostate Cancer

Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have developed a three-dimensional mathematical model of prostate cancer. The model depicts various processes, including tumour growth, genetic evolution and tumour cell ...

Early Treatment for Nerve Tumors Prevents Serious Problems, Study Finds

Nov. 12, 2024 — Small cranial nerve tumors that can cause hearing loss, vertigo and ringing in the ears are often watched rather than treated, but a new study is set to change how the tumors, called vestibular ...

Scientists Use Microcellular Drones to Deliver Lung Cancer-Killing Drugs

Nov. 11, 2024 — Extracellular vesicles (EVs) loaded with customizable anti-cancer antisense oligonucleotides suppressed cancer ...

Researchers Home in on Tumor Vulnerabilities to Improve Odds of Treating Glioblastoma

Nov. 4, 2024 — Researchers have uncovered new targets that could be the key to effectively treating glioblastoma, a lethal type of brain cancer. These targets were identified through a screen for genetic ...

Repurposing Drug Shows Promise in Fighting Aggressive Brain Tumors

Oct. 17, 2024 — Research provides evidence that a drug used to slow the progression of the disease ALS shows promise in suppressing the self-renewing cancerous stem cells that challenge the present standards of care ...

Dual Immunotherapy Plus Chemotherapy Benefits Specific Subset of Patients With Lung Cancer

Oct. 9, 2024 — Researchers have demonstrated that patients with metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring specific mutations in the STK11 and/or KEAP1 tumor suppressor genes were more ...

A New Technique That Makes Competition Between Tumor Cells Visible Can Help Personalize Treatments for Multiple Myeloma

Oct. 8, 2024 — A new tool detects the evolutionary advantages of multiple myeloma cells over the different treatments available. The information it provides can help prevent the tumor from becoming resistant to ...