Lung/Thoracic Oncology News & Articles

941 Genetic Variations in TGF β1, tPA, and ACE and Radiation-Induced Thoracic Toxicities in Patients with Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Journal of Thoracic Oncology, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

942 Patterns of Failure after Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy or Lobar Resection for Clinical Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Journal of Thoracic Oncology, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

943 The Presence of Mutations in Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene Is Not a Prognostic Factor for Long-Term Outcome after Surgical Resection of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Journal of Thoracic Oncology, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

944 Protocadherin 10 is frequently downregulated by promoter methylation and functions as a tumor suppressor gene in non-small cell lung cancer Cancer Biomarkers, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

945 Patterns of Failure, Toxicity, and Survival after Extrapleural Pneumonectomy and Hemithoracic Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Journal of Thoracic Oncology, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

946 Prognostic value of COX-2 expression in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis Full Text Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 21, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

947 Is overall survival still the primary endpoint in maintenance non-small cell lung cancer studies? An analysis of phase III randomised trials Full Text Translational Lung Cancer Research, January 21, 2013    Review Article

948 Treatment of Leptomeningeal Spread of NSCLC - A Continuing Challenge Current Treatment Options in Oncology, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

949 Angiogenesis, multitarget kinase inhibitors and non-small cell lung cancer: a lesson from MONET1 trial Full Text Translational Lung Cancer Research, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

950 High prevalence of gene abnormalities in young patients with lung cancer Full Text Journal of Thoracic Disease, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

951 Mir-186 downregulation correlates with poor survival in lung adenocarcinoma, where it interferes with cell-cycle regulation Cancer Research, January 21, 2013    Review Article

952 HNF4(alpha) as a Marker for Invasive Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Lung American Journal of Surgical Pathology , January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

953 Spheroid Culture of Primary Lung Cancer Cells with Neuregulin 1/HER3 Pathway Activation Journal of Thoracic Oncology, January 21, 2013    Review Article

954 High COL4A3 expression correlates with poor prognosis after cisplatin plus gemcitabine chemotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer Tumor Biology, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

955 The expression and function of microRNA-203 in lung cancer Tumor Biology, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

956 A retrospective analysis of survival outcomes for two different radiotherapy fractionation schedules given in the same overall time for limited stage small cell lung cancer Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, January 21, 2013    Clinical Article

957 Phase II trial of neoadjuvant pemetrexed plus cisplatin followed by surgery and radiation in the treatment of pleural mesothelioma Full Text BMC Cancer, January 18, 2013

958 Surgical treatment of early stage small cell lung cancer Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, January 18, 2013

959 Molecular dissection of AKT activation in lung cancer cell lines Molecular Cancer Research, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

960 Strategies for Overcoming EGFR Resistance in the Treatment of Advanced-Stage NSCLC Current Treatment Options in Oncology, January 18, 2013    Clinical Article

1 Radiotherapy for lung tumors arising after a prior pneumonectomy Journal of Thoracic Disease, April 8, 2013    Free full text

2 Comparative effectiveness of three platinum-doublet chemotherapy regimens in elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer Cancer, April 10, 2013

3 Impact of EGFR Inhibitor in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer on Progression-Free and Overall Survival: A Meta-Analysis Journal of the National Cancer Institute, April 19, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine

4 Prediagnosis soy food consumption and lung cancer survival in women Journal of Clinical Oncology, April 1, 2013

5 Thymidylate synthase and ERCC1 as predictive markers in patients with pulmonary adenocarcinoma treated with pemetrexed and cisplatin Lung Cancer, April 2, 2013

6 Thalidomide versus active supportive care for maintenance in patients with malignant mesothelioma after first-line chemotherapy (NVALT 5): an open-label, multicentre, randomised phase 3 study The Lancet Oncology, April 18, 2013

7 The effectiveness of erlotinib against brain metastases in non-small cell lung cancer patients American Journal of Clinical Oncology, March 28, 2013

8 Diabetes mellitus as an independent risk factor for lung cancer: A meta-analysis of observational studies European Journal of Cancer, April 11, 2013    Review Article

9 Efficacy and safety of albumin-bound paclitaxel in treating recurrent advanced non-small-cell lung cancer Chinese Journal of Cancer Research, April 16, 2013    Free full text

10 Vimentin expression predicts the occurrence of metastases in non small cell lung carcinomas Lung Cancer, April 12, 2013

11 Effects of erlotinib first-line maintenance therapy versus placebo on the health-related quality of life of patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer European Journal of Cancer, March 18, 2013

12 A multicenter Phase II study of ganetespib monotherapy in patients with genotypically-defined advanced non-small cell lung cancer Clinical Cancer Research, April 9, 2013

13 Novel therapeutic targets in non-small cell lung cancer Current Opinion in Pharmacology , April 29, 2013    Review Article

14 Prospective, multicenter, randomized, independent-group, open-label phase II study to investigate the efficacy and safety of three regimens with two doses of sagopilone as second-line therapy in patients with stage IIIB or IV non-small-cell lung cancer Lung Cancer, April 2, 2013

15 Treatment of stage IIIb/IV non-small cell lung cancer with Pemetrexed plus Oxaliplatin after failure of Erlotinib as second-line treatment Medical Oncology, April 15, 2013

16 The use of fused PET/CT images for patient selection and radical radiotherapy target volume definition in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: Results of a prospective study with mature survival data Radiotherapy & Oncology, April 4, 2013

17 Randomized phase II study of ixabepilone or paclitaxel plus carboplatin in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer prospectively stratified by beta-3 tubulin status Journal of Clinical Oncology, April 25, 2013

18 Cruciferous vegetables consumption and the risk of female lung cancer: a prospective study and a meta-analysis Annals of Oncology, April 9, 2013    Review Article

19 The prognostic and predictive value of KRAS oncogene substitutions in lung adenocarcinoma Cancer, March 26, 2013

20 Mutation analysis of the EGFR gene and downstream signalling pathway in histologic samples of malignant pleural mesothelioma British Journal of Cancer, April 8, 2013