RESEARCH BLOG Blogs

November 20, 2025

LUNGevity Foundation Invests $1.2 Million to Fuel Next Generation of Lung Cancer Research

Read time: 6 minutes. LUNGevity Foundation announced $1.2 million in research awards that are designed to strengthen the lung cancer workforce and accelerate progress across the

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October 22, 2025

Reaping the Rewards of Radiation to Make Immunotherapy More Effective

Read time: 3 minutes. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the way we approach lung cancer treatment over the past decade. These lifesaving drugs block the PD-L1

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October 17, 2025

Aiming for a Cure: How CD74 Research Could Eliminate Drug-Resistant Lung Cancer for Good

Read time: 4 minutes. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Over the past two decades, the development of targeted therapies, particularly tyrosine

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October 15, 2025

Researcher Goes Against the Grain: Brings New Hope for Patients with BRAF Fusions

Read time: 4 minutes. BRAF is an important signaling protein that regulates how normal cells grow and multiply through the MAPK (mitogen activated protein kinase) signaling pathway

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October 15, 2025

Advancing Lung Cancer Screening in Veterans Through Strategic Research

Read time: 4 minutes. Lung cancer screening has the potential to save more lives than any other cancer screening tool, yet reports suggest only 10%–20% of eligible patients are

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October 02, 2025

Low-Dose Computed Tomography and Beyond: Advances in the Early Detection of Lung Cancer

Read time: 5 minutes. Lung cancer screening has come a long way since low-dose CT (LDCT) scans first became available in 2015 in the United States. However, LDCTs can still miss

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October 02, 2025

New Insights in Treating Metastatic Lung Cancer from WCLC 2025

Read time: 3 minutes. For people with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the treatment landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. Researchers are

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October 01, 2025

Biggest News in Early-Stage Lung Cancer Research from WCLC 2025

Read time: 2 minutes. The annual World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC), organized by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, is the largest global meeting

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September 30, 2025

Small Cell Lung Cancer: Not Small Anymore

Read time: 3 minutes. Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) research continues to progress at an unprecedented rate. Exciting news emerged from the 2025 World Congress on Lung Cancer, with

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July 22, 2025

Exciting Early Detection Research is Underway

Read time: 2 minutes. The likelihood of surviving five years or more after a lung cancer diagnosis is 27%. 1 But if it is caught early, before spreading, the five-year survival

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July 21, 2025

The Enduring Legacy of Lung Cancer Research Awards

Read time: 6 minutes. Over the past 20 years, researchers have made tremendous strides in the early detection and treatment of lung cancer—early detection chest scans for high-risk

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July 17, 2025

Leveraging Orphan Drugs for Lung Cancer Treatment

Read time: 4 minutes. As a dedicated researcher and oncologist, Noura Choudhury, MD, at the University of Chicago, witnesses daily the urgent need for better treatments for lung

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