It was September 2007 when 37-year-old Stephanie Hosford discovered a chickpea-sized lump. (iStock) She didn’t know it yet, but finding a lump in her breast was just the first in a series of life-altering events. It was September 2007 when 37-year-old Stephanie Hosford discovered that chickpea-sized lump. At the time, she and her husband, Grant,… Read More »
FDA Approves Lorbrena (lorlatinib) for Previously-Treated ALK-Positive Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Print this page November 2, 2018 Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Lorbrena [lor-BREN-ah] (lorlatinib), a third-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer… Read More »
Conditions Andrea BarbalichOct 30 Most people know to be suspicious of a stubborn cough—but that’s just one of the worrisome signs of lung cancer Detecting lung cancer create jobs 51/Shutterstock Each year, more than 234,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer. It’s the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women, according to… Read More »
Discoveries in cancer research have included everything from genes that can transform healthy cells into tumor cells to advances related to tumor immunology, but those breakthroughs have often led to new complexities, leaving researchers with additional questions. Now, the limits of those complexities may be coming into view. Evidence uncovered by a team of researchers… Read More »