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Coverage from the

18th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC)

October 15 - 18, 2017; Yokohama, Japan

October 15 - 18, 2017 Yokohama, Japan

WCLC Lung Cancer Community: 'This Is Our Fight' At the premier gathering of the lung cancer community, the first plenary session speaker insisted: 'We cannot deal with lung cancer and not fight against tobacco.'
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2017
WCLC Durvalumab in Stage III Lung Cancer: 'An Important Advance' New data from the PACIFIC study show that durvalumab is well tolerated, with no impact on quality of life; its improvement of PFS is an 'important advance,' says expert.
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2017
WCLC RCT in Mesothelioma Finds No Benefit From Early Palliative Care Although early palliative care was found to improve survival and quality of life in patients with lung cancer, no such benefits were seen in patients with mesothelioma.
Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2017

Conference News

WCLC Lung Cancer May Grow Faster During Immunotherapy
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2017
WCLC Oncology Most Stressful of Specialties: High Risk for Burnout
Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2017
WCLC Lung Cancer Community: 'This Is Our Fight'
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2017

WCLC Durvalumab in Stage III Lung Cancer: 'An Important Advance'
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2017
WCLC RCT in Mesothelioma Finds No Benefit From Early Palliative Care
Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2017
WCLC Immunotherapy Side Effects: New Global Guidelines for Nurses
Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2017

Popular News from the 17th WCLC

Exceptional SCLC Survivors: 5-Year Median Survival Longer-term survival of patients with extensive small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is associated with comprehensive cisplatin chemotherapy with additional chest and cranial radiation, suggest researchers.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 20, 2016
Pembrolizumab 1st-Line in NSCLC Also Boosts Quality of Life Along with its groundbreaking improvement in survival, pembrolizumab also improves quality of life when used first line in non-small cell lung cancer.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 8, 2016
e-Cigarettes Not the Panacea They Are Claimed to Be The use of electronic cigarettes as an aid to smoking cessation may be exposing individuals to increased health risks resulting from unregulated chemical additives, warns a leading expert.
Medscape Medical News, Dec 6, 2016

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