respiratory
Lung cancer

First KRAS-targeted therapy for lung cancer shows promise

Until now KRAS-positive lung cancers have been considered ‘undruggable’ but early results with the first targeted therapy have shown promising and durable response rates. Presented at the World Congress on Lung Cancer 2019 meeting in Barcelona, the phase 1 study results...

Until now KRAS-positive lung cancers have been considered ‘undruggable’ but early results with the first targeted therapy have shown promising...

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Lung cancer

Disappointing results for mesothelioma trial

Data from the highly anticipated PROMISE-meso trial failed to deliver, with no PFS or OS benefit seen for pembrolizumab compared to standard chemotherapy. The Phase III trial, presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress...

Data from the highly anticipated PROMISE-meso trial failed to deliver, with no PFS or OS benefit seen for...
Medicine

Women less influential on twitter

Women in academic medicine have substantially less influence on Twitter than men, regardless of how active they are, a study finds. A team of researchers led by...

Women in academic medicine have substantially less influence on...
Asthma

Lung elasticity linked to airflow obstruction

Increased lung compliance and loss of lung elastic recoil has been observed in older people with asthma and fixed airflow obstruction (FAO). However the association appears to be independent of likely contributing factors such as age or asthma duration. The small Australian...

Increased lung compliance and loss of lung elastic recoil has been observed in older people with asthma and fixed airflow...