Researchers found that patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors had no or low levels of a protein called MSH2, benefitted more from chemotherapy after surgery than patients with high levels of MSH2.

This study showed that women who received hormone therapy with estrogen and progestin to help cope with the symptoms of menopause have a higher risk of dying from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) if they develop the disease.

Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who received the drug pemetrexed (Alimta) as maintenance therapy (treatment given after chemotherapy to keep the cancer from growing and spreading) lived three to five months longer than patients who did not receive the drug, according to a new study.

Patients screened for lung cancer recurrence (return of cancer after treatment) with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) showed more false-positive results (meaning that the test shows that cancer is present when follow-up testing finds no cancer) than a chest x-ray, according to a new study.

Two studies showed that treatment with targeted therapy drugs (drugs that target the faulty genes and proteins that contribute to cancer growth) slowed the growth and spread of advanced NSCLC.

This study showed that for some people who have non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a mutation (change) to the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene in the tumor, treatment with the drug gefitinib (Iressa) slowed cancer growth.

In a study of 1,125 patients from 30 countries, researchers looked at adding cetuximab (Erbitux) to chemotherapy with cisplatin (Platinol) and vinorelbine (Navelbine) for patients newly diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Researchers looked at the effect of maintenance therapy with pemetrexed (Alimta) given 3 to 6 weeks after completing a first treatment with chemotherapy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Canadian researchers performed a genetic analysis of frozen, banked tumor samples from 133 patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to identify a set of genes that could predict whether a patient would benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy (treatment after surgery).

A report from Dutch researchers shows that giving radiation therapy to the head lowers the risk of the spread of cancer to the brain and helps patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer live longer.