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 [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study has revealed lung cancer survivors face significant hardships due to chronic fatigue. Lung cancer patients face a low quality of life even after being treated successfully, as a result of chronic fatigue that significantly worsens one’s physical and psychological ability, the research team led by professors Yun [...]
DENVER, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Rapid advancements in the molecular diagnostic testing of lung cancer have led to new treatments and greater hope for patients battling lung cancer, the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. To ensure that clinicians stay apace and provide optimal patient care, three leading medical societies—the College of American [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — People who live in the vicinity of bus stops might be twice as likely to develop lung cancer, a recent study has found. According to findings from a joint study conducted by Inha University Hospital, Samsung Medical Center and Asan Medical Center, some patients diagnosed with lung cancer were found [...]
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The final press conference from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 18th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) highlighted new advancements surrounding the discovery of PD-1 and PD-L1, including a discussion from the researcher credited with discovering PD-1, as well as interventions to prevent lung [...]