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2. Non-smoker diagnosed with cancer at 34 after car ... - AOL

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   Current treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and targeted therapy for those who have a cancer with a biomarker. Doctors have good success in treating early-stage lung cancer, so ...

3. Eli Lilly's Surprising Lung Cancer Success Story - AOL

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   Cancer-fighting drugs did an estimated $75 billion in global. Oncology is one of the fastest-growing segments of drug development and, given the needs of cancer sufferers that aren't met, that's ...

4. Radiation-induced cancer - Wikipedia

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   Radiation hormesis is the conjecture that a low level of ionizing radiation (i.e., near the level of Earth's natural background radiation) helps "immunize" cells against DNA damage from other causes (such as free radicals or larger doses of ionizing radiation), and decreases the risk of cancer. The theory proposes that such low levels activate ...

5. Lung cancer - Wikipedia

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   Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged airway cells gain the ability to multiply unchecked, causing the growth of a tumor.

6. Treatment of lung cancer - Wikipedia

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   In 2019, the FDA granted accelerated approval to pembrolizumab for people with metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with disease progression on or after platinum-based chemotherapy and at least one other prior line of therapy. [49] Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells expressing programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) could interact with ...

7. Cancer patients often do better with less intensive treatment ...

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   Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference. It’s part of a long ...