Lung Cancer Clinical Trials

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Avastin is one of a newer set of medications called anti-angiogenesis drugs. The medications work by choking off blood supply to tumors. This stops the tumors from shaping new blood vessels and cuts off their development. It had already been approved for use to treat colorectal cancer and also lung cancer.In the United States cancer of lung is the foremost cause of cancer death, claiming more than 163,000 lives annually. For the reason that the disease is frequently not found until it has spread, a good number of patients die within a year or two of diagnosis. Only 15% of patients live five years after being made a diagnosis.Avastin has demonstrated survival benefits across numerous tumour types. In Europe Avastin is approved for the treatment of the advanced stages of four common types of cancer: colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, and also kidney cancer. These types of cancer together lead to nearly 3 million deaths yearly. In the US, Avastin was the first anti-angiogenesis therapy approved by the FDA.More than 500,000 patients have been treated with Avastin up to now. A comprehensive clinical programme with more than 450 clinical trials is examining the usage of Avastin in a variety ... [more..]

Considered the most deadly of cancers, Lung cancer does not present any symptoms until it is well advanced. This reduces the success rate of treatments. In the United States, over 170,000 Americans are diagnosed annually. Smoking, along with other environmental exposures, is a causative agent in contracting lung cancer. Surprisingly, causes more cancer deaths in women than even breast cancer.The traditional approaches to the treatment of lung cancer include chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy. One or more of these treatments are often used in combination. There are an increasing number of new approaches in development, as well.By way of definition, the major treatments for lung cancer are; chemotherapy, treatment with strong medication and one of the major procedures used today; Surgery, indicated when cancer is localized, used to prevent its spread (metastasis); radiation, or high-energy x-rays, which are sometimes used in combination with surgery or chemotherapy, to kill cancer cells. A somewhat newer treatment Immunotherapy is used to boost the individual's own immune system to fight the disease more naturally.Among the alternative therapies showing promise, Controlled Amino Acid Therapy (CAAT) has been developed and studied at the A.P. John Institute for Cancer Research. This procedure involves carbohydrate and protein deprivation. ... [more..]

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the American population and the western world. Lung cancer use to be the leading cause of cancer deaths in American men only, but since 1988, women have caught up with men and since then lung cancer is leading cause of cancer deaths in women as well. Well over 170,000 cases of lung cancers are diagnosed in the United States each year. Very few fortunate ones get cured from this miserable disease. About 157,000 people die as the direct result of lung cancer.The mortality related to lung cancer exceeds the combined mortality rates of second (breast cancer), third (prostate cancer), and fourth (colon cancer) leading causes of cancer death. How would we react if every day a Boing 747 crashes and all the passengers die? That's what happens with lung cancer. About 430 people die every day from lung cancer.Despite the high rates of cancer deaths, lung cancer receives much less attention compared to other cancers, especially breast cancer. Lung cancer research receives much less funding, and general public takes much less interest in lung cancer. Even though lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among men and women, ... [more..]