Sentences with phrase «lung cancer patients survive»

Fewer than 10 per cent of lung cancer patients survive the disease beyond five years after diagnosis.

«More early stage lung cancer patients survive the disease: Study shows surgery and radiation make life - saving difference, but too many patients remain untreated.»

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Fewer than half of all patients who undergo surgery for lung cancer survive as long as 5 years.

«This greater than expected survival in older patients selected for operative therapy is noteworthy,» said Dr. Fernandez, «especially considering that the prevalence of lung cancer is expected to increase as the population continues to grow older and more people survive into old age.»

The team found that patients with breast, gastric or lung cancers survived longer when they had higher levels of Bmal1 protein.

This better understanding of BCX's molecular mechanism could lead to dietary recommendations for patients undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer and for those who have survived, said Wang, who is also a professor at the Friedman School.

«Lung cancer is one of most lethal cancers and prognosis for patients is often poor, with only about 15 percent surviving more than 5 years,» says Inder Verma, Salk's American Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology and lead author of the cancer is one of most lethal cancers and prognosis for patients is often poor, with only about 15 percent surviving more than 5 years,» says Inder Verma, Salk's American Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology and lead author of the Cancer Society Professor of Molecular Biology and lead author of the paper.

Prognosis of lung cancer is poor; around 7 % of patients survive for five years, and most patients are treated palliatively from diagnosis.