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Nearly 1 in 10 Americans report a cancer diagnosis: Gallup

One reason is because people are living longer after their diagnoses.

Axios

Nuvalent Reports 31% Response Rate In Patients With Advanced Form Of Lung Cancer

Nuvalent, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUVL) on Monday reported topline results from its ALKOVE-1 Phase 1/2 trial.

Benzinga

Groundbreaking new mouse study turns what we know about cancer on its head

Approximately 226,650 new cases and 124,730 deaths from lung cancer are expected in the U.S. this year

The Independent UK

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Doctors alarmed by rise in specific type of cancer in young women

Experts say the increase in lung cancer among non-smokers is mainly due to radon, air pollution, and genetic mutations

The Independent UK

Quentin Willson's Death Shocks Fans: Was the Top Gear Star's Lung Cancer Linked to a Secret Smoking Past? Here's What We Know

Fans mourn Top Gear legend Quentin Willson, who died of lung cancer at 68. Speculation grows online about whether the presenter ever smoked.

International Business Times UK

Hospital death linked to lab's cancer diagnosis bungle

A "disastrous" laboratory error that led to an incorrect diagnosis of lung cancer was linked to the man's subsequent death from pneumonia, a coroner has found.

AAP

Is Bryant Gumbel Alive? Fans Worried TV Icon's Cancer Is Back After Sudden Hospital Dash

Bryant Gumbel's hospital dash sparks fears his lung cancer has returned, leaving fans deeply worried about the 76-year-old TV icon's health.

International Business Times UK

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New drug shows dramatic effect in shrinking lung cancer tumours

Some 77% of patients saw their tumours shrink, 8% saw them completely disappear, and 69% saw partial shrinkage of their tumours.

Evening Standard

Kathy Griffin found divorce 'harder' to deal with than lung cancer diagnosis

Kathy Griffin has claimed that she found her divorce from second husband Randy Bick tougher to cope with than being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021.

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Cullinan Therapeutics Cancer Drug Shows Efficacy In Brain Metastases Among Lung Cancer Patients With Certain Mutations

Taiho Oncology Inc. and Cullinan Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:CGEM) shared new data on Sunday from the central nervous system (CNS) involvement cohort of the REZILIENT2 study of zipalertinib for advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations (ex20ins) or uncommon non-ex20ins EGFR mutations.

Benzinga

bioAffinity Stock Up Over 50%: What's Driving the Surge?

Shares of bioAffinity Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: BIAF) are trading higher Friday after the biotech company released case studies affirming the performance of one of its products. The Texas-based company builds non-invasive diagnostics for lung cancer.

Benzinga

GB3 race winner Macintyre steps back from racing after cancer diagnosis

The former Ginetta Junior and British Formula 4 runner-up has begun treatment for brain and lung cancer but is determined to get back on track

Autosport

‘I kept asking: “Why? What did I do?”’ How come so many young, fit, non-smoking women are getting lung cancer?

For decades, lung cancer has been viewed as a disease of older men who smoked. Now, cases among young women are on the rise and doctors are baffled. Could air pollution be behind it?

The Guardian - UK

Regeneron's Libtayo Combo Achieves Nearly Double Survival Rate In Advanced Lung Cancer Compared To Chemotherapy

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN) on Tuesday announced five-year follow-up results on overall survival (OS) from the Phase 3 EMPOWER-Lung 3 trial of Libtayo (cemiplimab) plus platinum-based chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone as a first-line treatment for adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with no EGFR, ALK,…

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Benzinga

BioNTech, Bristol Myers Squibb Show Tumor Shrinkage In Lung Cancer Immunotherapy

BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) and Bristol Myers Squibb Co (NYSE:BMY) shared interim Phase 2 data on pumitamig (BNT327/BMS986545) plus chemotherapy in patients with untreated extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC).

Benzinga

Summit Therapeutics' Lung Cancer Drug Under Dark Clouds As Keytruda Challenger Shows Regional Data Differences

Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:SMMT), on Sunday, revealed the updated overall survival (OS) results from the global Phase 3 HARMONi trial of ivonescimab at the 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC).

Benzinga

FDA Breakthrough Status Awarded To Lilly-Merck Combo Drug For Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to Eli Lilly and Co.’s (NYSE:LLY) olomorasib, in combination with Merck Co. Inc.’s (NYSE:MRK) anti-PD-1 therapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab), for the first-line treatment of unresectable advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a KRAS G12C mutation…

The Independent UK

NHS trust warned of ‘neglect’ after failure to spot patient’s fatal lung cancer

Anne Lorraine Dyson died on February 24 after being monitored for lung disease since September 2021.

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The Conversation

Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry responded not by making cigarettes safer, but by making them seem safer. Filters were the perfect innovation – not for health, but…

International Business Times UK

Trans Minnesota Shooter Says Lung Cancer Was Motive For School Shooting: 'I Want To Go Out on my Own Means'

Minnesota school shooter Robin Westman, 23, left a suicide note blaming vaping-induced lung cancer as the motive for fatally shooting two children and injuring 17 others during a Catholic Mass; the FBI labels the attack a hate-motivated terrorist act.

Benzinga

Summit, Akeso Report Lung Cancer Survival Boost With Ivonescimab, A Rival To Merck's Keytruda Multi-Billion Dollar Franchise, Says Analyst

Summit Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SMMT) and Akeso said ivonescimab, a PD-1xVEGF bispecific antibody, can extend patients' lives for EGFR-mutated, locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progressed after EGFR-TKI treatment.

International Business Times UK

Tristan Rogers Cancer Battle Exposed: The Truth Behind the 'General Hospital' Star's Final Days

Tristan Rogers, beloved General Hospital star, died at 79 following a brief fight with lung cancer. Discover details of his diagnosis, career legacy and final days.

The Independent UK

Tristan Rogers death: Longtime ‘General Hospital’ star dies at 79 after cancer battle

Actor Tristan Rogers had been battling lung cancer and his manager said he was never a smoker

Bored Panda

“Turns Out I Wasn’t Just Fat & Lazy”: 47 Times Doctors Got It Wrong — And Patients Paid The Price

Has your doctor ever dismissed your concerns and medically gaslit you?

The Independent UK

Doctor warns of hand symptom that can reveal advanced lung cancer

On World Lung Cancer Day, Dr. Davood Johari is warning people about the often-overlooked signs of lung cancer

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