From Medscape Oncology

Coverage from the

19th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC)

September 23 - 26, 2018; Toronto, Canada

September 23 - 26, 2018 Toronto, Canada

WCLC 2018 Second Large Study Shows That Lung Cancer Screening Works NELSON shows that lung cancer screening reduces deaths in high-risk individuals, and also finds that repeat scans pose little burden on the healthcare system.
Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2018
WCLC 2018 Brigatinib: 'Very Promising' as First Line for ALK+ Lung Cancer Next-generation brigatinib trumps the first approved inhibitor, significantly prolonging disease progression or death in ALK-inhibitor-naive, advanced ALK+ lung cancer.
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2018
WCLC 2018 Durvalumab New Standard in Stage III Unresectable Lung Cancer Now with data showing an overall survival advantage, the immunotherpy sets new standard of care in stage III unresectable lung cancer following concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2018

Conference News

WCLC 2018 Survival Reduced in Lung Cancer Patients Who Refuse Surgery
Medscape Medical News, October 4, 2018
WCLC 2018 'Transformational' Results in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer
Medscape Medical News, October 2, 2018
WCLC 2018 Dog Sniffs Out Lung Cancer, but Something?s Fishy
Medscape Medical News, October 2, 2018
WCLC 2018 After Decades, New Standard of Care in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2018

WCLC 2018 Second Large Study Shows That Lung Cancer Screening Works
Medscape Medical News, September 28, 2018
WCLC 2018 Brigatinib: 'Very Promising' as First Line for ALK+ Lung Cancer
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2018
WCLC 2018 Durvalumab New Standard in Stage III Unresectable Lung Cancer
Medscape Medical News, September 26, 2018
WCLC 2018 Air Pollution Increases Lung Cancer Risk in Nonsmokers
Medscape Medical News, September 25, 2018

Popular News from WCLC 2017

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, Oct 17, 2017
Lung Cancer May Grow Faster During Immunotherapy A retrospective analysis from France found that 14% of patients with advanced lung cancer showed an acceleration of tumor growth while receiving immunotherapy.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 13, 2017
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, Oct 16, 2017

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