Sentences with phrase «benefits lung cancer patients»

«Physical activity benefits lung cancer patients, survivors.»

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Merck's cancer immunotherapy Keytruda is one of the pharma giant's rising stars, especially in the wake of evidence that the therapy had a survival benefit over standard chemotherapy in advanced lung cancer patients.

The biotech specialist said that its updated phase 2 data in a study of its poziotinib candidate treatment for non-small cell lung cancer resulted in a preliminary confirmed objective response rate and potential progression - free survival benefit in patients with the EGFR Exon 20 Mutant form of the disease.

«Although some non-small cell lung cancer patients have increased benefit of targeted therapy or immunotherapy instead of chemotherapy, for some groups of patients with NSNSCLC, chemotherapy has been the standard treatment for more than 30 years,» Gandhi notes.

Few existing treatments offer durable survival benefits for patients whose NSCLC has spread past the lungs, due in part to the aggressive nature of lung cancer and its propensity to progress, even following treatment.

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This review shows uniform recognition that exercise and physical activity are safe for those with lung cancer, patients are requesting increased activity counseling, and multiple studies and reviews show potential clinical benefit in quality of life, exercise tolerance, and post-operative complications.

The same benefits of increased activity observed in lung cancer patients, especially improved symptoms and quality of life, appear to apply to lung cancer survivors as well.

However, «there are still large gaps in the published literature to be addressed and these could be filled with large definitive prospective trials that evaluate the benefit of exercise in lung cancer patients.»

Ongoing studies suggest it may benefit patients with many different cancers, including lung, brain, head and neck, stomach, and kidney cancers.

The work that garnered the honor, «An analysis of the risk and benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy among patients undergoing surgery for non-small cell lung cancer,» examined data from more than 134,000 patients in the National Cancer Database to assess the impact of neoadjuvant therapy on perioperative outcomes, as well as long - term surcancer,» examined data from more than 134,000 patients in the National Cancer Database to assess the impact of neoadjuvant therapy on perioperative outcomes, as well as long - term surCancer Database to assess the impact of neoadjuvant therapy on perioperative outcomes, as well as long - term survival.

For patients with non-small cell lung cancer with brain metastases, treatment with whole brain radiotherapy may not offer much benefit.

«Controversy unfortunately still exists among providers of the cost benefit of screening,» he explained, «while patients at risk of lung cancer also lack adequate awareness of the benefits of screening.»