Study shows Enhanced Recovery After Surgery lowers pain and opioid use for lung cancer patients
MD Anderson surgeons have found a way to reduce pain and opioid use for lung cancer patients undergoing a lung resection. A recent study led by David Rice, M.B. BCh, professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and published in the Annals of Surgery, showed that using an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathway employing a long-acting local anesthetic (liposomal bupivacaine)...
For non-small cell lung cancer, T cell repertoire in lungs affects survival
Surveying the landscape of T cell presence and activity across the lungs of patients treated for localized non-small cell lung cancer, researchers...
Immunotherapy clinical trial assesses opportunity to prevent lung cancer development, recurrence
An immunotherapy used against advanced non-small cell lung cancer is being tested at MD Anderson for a different...
Moon Shot deploys policy help, education and clinical trial innovation against tobacco use
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and the third Thursday of each November is designated by the American Cancer Society as the Great American Smokeout – a day focused on encouraging Americans to quit smoking.
Tobacco cessation and prevention have long been an area of focus and expertise for MD Anderson, and has been a critical component of the Lung Cancer Moon Shot® since its inception. The effort is part of MD Anderson’s...
E-cigarettes: Unstandardized, under-regulated, under-studied – safety unknown
The recent outbreak of lung injury and death associated with e-cigarettes and vaping has led to a renewed scrutiny of electronic nicotine...
Lung cancer targeted therapy hits common HER2 variants across cancers
Building upon the foundational discovery that the targeted therapy poziotinib is a potent and selective inhibitor of specific EGFR and HER2...
AML drug may be good for KRAS-driven pancreatic cancer, computer-aided drug discovery finds
Repurposing FDA-approved therapies is a cost-effective way to bring new treatments to patients in need, but identifying those drugs with benefits...
Vaguely seen on images, lung nodules’ genomics outline progression to cancer
Small precancerous growths in the lungs are capable of progressing to invasive lung cancer, but so little has been known about them that understanding...
New approach enhances PD-L1 detection to aid in immunotherapy selection
Just as a driver’s night vision improves by simply cleaning the headlights, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center...
Innovative combination clinical trial results revealed at ASCO
MD Anderson researchers will present clinical trial results of promising combination therapies for a variety of cancers at the 2019 American...