Now long term survival is possible in some stage IV solid cancers with the use of targeted, hormonal, chemotherapy drugs. The list includes:1) Stage IV hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer.2) Stage IV her2 nu positive metastatic breas

Types of Cancer and the Different Stages of CancerTypes of Cancers•Cancer can begin in different parts of the body like organs, glands, on the skin, tissues, muscles, bones, and blood system.•Cancer affects different organs: lung cancer (a

IMMUNOTHERAPY IN LUNG CANCER- THE FUTURE OF CANCER CARE.Any cancer and lung cancer in particular creates a highly immunosuppressive environment locally i.e. our bodies immune cells are unable to recognize cancer cells.This is made possible by exp

Today 4th February is celebrated worldwide as a day to bring awareness regarding cancer. The theme for the years 2016-2018 is " we can i can ". Healthy lifestyle will go long way in preventing cancer. Proper implementation and knowledge sharing regar

Median survival in metastatic carcinoma breast is 2 years.5 year survival is close to 25% (i.e. one out of 4 patients of metastatic breast cancer will be alive at 5 years).New Class of drugs - CDK4 & 6 inhibitor (Palbociclib, Ribociclib) have bee

Liquid biopsy in non small cell lung cancer is now being used for detection of EGFR mutation analysis in patients who do not have accessible tissue for conventional testing and based on the platform used for liquid biopsy ie digital v/s nondigital it

Yes lung cancer can develop in nonsmokers.

Few important clinical pearls in Stage III NSCLC!Stage III NSCLC is a heterogeneous disease and carefully selected patients have better survival when surgery is integrated as a part of multimodality treatment approach.MRI brain with contrast shou