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Most patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with pembrolizumab were alive two years after discontinuing treatment without needing additional treatment, a new analysis has found.

Non-small cell lung cancer patients survived longer when treated with a sequence of radiation and immunotherapy compared to being treated with the two at the same time, according to a new clinical trial.

Image representing Covid lung infection generated by Wix AI CANCER DIGEST – March 16, 2026 – Scientists have discovered that serious viral lung infections that require hospitalization can alter immune cells in the lungs, leaving behind chronic inflammation that may help tumors develop months or years later, but that vaccination heads off those harmful effects. The study led by Jie Sun, PhD at the University of Virginia Health looked at the harmful effects of severe Covid-19 a

A new large-scale analysis of older adults with advanced cancer reveals a stark "preference gap" in modern oncology, showing that clinical treatments rarely align with what patients actually value most.

A new cost/benefit analysis of an immunotherapy drug that showed significantly longer survival for people with an aggressive form of lung cancer, called small-cell lung cancer, concludes that the treatment might be too expensive to be worth it.

Lung cancer patients who received COVID-19 vaccination survived nearly twice as long as similar patients who did not get the vaccine, a new observational study shows.

A simple injection of a new type of drug may offer new hope for patients whose head an neck cancers returns after chemotherapy and immunotherapy, results of an ongoing early phase clinical trial show.

Clinical results suggest that radiation therapy might help overcome immunotherapy resistance in certain lung cancer patients

Mesothelioma of the left lower lung on X-ray. Image by James Heilman, MD under Creative Commons license on Wikimedia CANCER DIGEST –...

Image credit Mass General Brigham Hospital CANCER DIGEST – July 12, 2025 – Small cell lung cancer patients whose cancer has spread to the...