Sentences with phrase «lung tumour diagnosis»

He has had a career long interest in lung cancer for over 35 years and has research interests in pulmonary pre-neoplasia and carcinogenesis, in lung tumour diagnosis and classification and in the identification of predictors of therapy response.

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Professor Dive's exhibit was designed to introduce visitors to the concept of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) and how liquid biopsies could hold the key for better diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer.

We systematically reviewed the literature to summarise the evidence for the effect of quitting smoking after diagnosis of a primary lung tumour on prognostic outcomes.

We reviewed 10 observational studies, all of which showed some evidence that people who continue to smoke after a diagnosis of early stage lung cancer have an associated higher risk of recurrence, second primary tumour, or all cause mortality compared with those who stop smoking at that time.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide, suffering from a late stage of disease at the time of diagnosis and a paucity of effective therapeutic strategies to treat advanced tumours.