Cancer progress and priorities: lung cancer

MB Schabath, ML Cote - Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, 2019 - AACR
In the United States, lung cancer is the second most common diagnosed cancer and the
leading cause of cancer-related death. Although tobacco smoking is the major risk factor …

[HTML][HTML] Global epidemiology of lung cancer

JA Barta, CA Powell, JP Wisnivesky - Annals of global health, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While lung cancer has been the leading cause of cancer-related deaths for many years in
the United States, incidence and mortality statistics–among other measures–vary widely …

The lung microbiome: progress and promise

SA Whiteside, JE McGinniss… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The healthy lung was long thought of as sterile, but recent advances using molecular
sequencing approaches have detected bacteria at low levels. Healthy lung bacteria largely …

Lung microbiome: new insights into the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases

R Li, J Li, X Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The lungs were long thought to be sterile until technical advances uncovered the presence
of the lung microbial community. The microbiome of healthy lungs is mainly derived from the …

Spatial density and distribution of tumor-associated macrophages predict survival in non–small cell lung carcinoma

X Zheng, A Weigert, S Reu, S Guenther, S Mansouri… - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
The respective antitumoral and protumoral roles of M1 and M2 tumor-associated
macrophages (TAM) typify the complexity of macrophage function in cancer. In lung cancer …

The role of tumor inflammatory microenvironment in lung cancer

Z Tan, H Xue, Y Sun, C Zhang, Y Song… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lung cancer is the most common and fatal malignant tumor in the world. The tumor
microenvironment (TME) is closely related to the occurrence and development of lung …

Radon and lung cancer: current trends and future perspectives

M Riudavets, M Garcia de Herreros, B Besse… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Radon represents the main risk factor of lung cancer in non-smokers and
the second one in smoking patients. In Europe, there are several radon-prone areas, but …

UK Lung Cancer RCT Pilot Screening Trial: baseline findings from the screening arm provide evidence for the potential implementation of lung cancer screening

JK Field, SW Duffy, DR Baldwin, DK Whynes… - Thorax, 2016 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Lung cancer screening using low-dose CT (LDCT) was shown to reduce lung
cancer mortality by 20% in the National Lung Screening Trial. Methods The pilot UK Lung …

[HTML][HTML] The UK Lung Cancer Screening Trial: a pilot randomised controlled trial of low-dose computed tomography screening for the early detection of lung cancer.

JK Field, SW Duffy, DR Baldwin, KE Brain… - Health technology …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
BACKGROUND Lung cancer kills more people than any other cancer in the UK (5-year
survival< 13%). Early diagnosis can save lives. The USA-based National Lung Cancer …

Lung cancer statistics, 2023

TB Kratzer, P Bandi, ND Freedman, RA Smith… - Cancer, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite decades of declining mortality rates, lung cancer remains the leading cause of
cancer death in the United States. This article examines lung cancer incidence, stage at …