LONDON, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Only one in five people (22%) disagree with the statement “generally, patients with lung cancer have caused their illness through their lifestyle choices and behaviors,” according to a global, omnibus survey conducted by Ipsos MORI and sponsored by the Lung Ambition Alliance. The results were released to coincide with the [...]
BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Today, at the IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer, the four founding partners of the Lung Ambition Alliance – the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), Guardant Health, the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) and AstraZeneca – announced the launch of several new initiatives to [...]
LONDON, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Today, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), Guardant Health, the Global Lung Cancer Coalition (GLCC) and AstraZeneca announced the Lung Ambition Alliance, a new partnership with a bold ambition to eliminate lung cancer as a cause of death. The first goal of the Alliance will [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The final press briefing from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s (IASLC’s) 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) was led by conference co-presidents Natasha B. Leighl, M.D., BSc, MSc, and Gail Darling M.D., FRCSC, who reviewed the innovative work in lung cancer research and treatment [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Today’s press conference at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s (IASLC’s) 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) featured some of the year’s most innovative research in both small cell and non-small cell lung cancer. Frances Shepherd, M.D., FRCPC, WCLC honorary chair, medical oncologist at Princess [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — At today’s press conference at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s (IASLC’s) 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), conference co-president Dr. Andrea Bezjak, M.D., FRCPC, MSc, professor in the Departments of Radiation Oncology and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and [...]
TORONTO, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Patients, survivors and advocates joined researchers and physicians from across the globe to discuss the future of lung cancer at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer’s (IASLC’s) 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) in Toronto, Canada. The conference’s first press briefing highlighted the record-breaking number [...]
DENVER, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – What: The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) presents the IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) on September 23-26, 2018, in Toronto, Canada. The WCLC is the world’s largest meeting dedicated solely to lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies, and is expected to convene over 7,000 [...]
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (“Checkpoint”) (NASDAQ: CKPT), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel treatments for patients with solid tumor cancers, today announced that preliminary safety and efficacy data from a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of CK-101 (also known as RX518), a [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The actual smoking rate among women is likely to be nearly triple the official count of 6.4 percent, due to women’s underreporting, a health professor said in a report Monday. The smoking rate was measured at 40.7 percent for men and 6.4 percent for women in 2016. According to [...]