“As more and more therapeutic agents are becoming available for non-small cell lung cancer therapy, selecting the best drug for each individual patient becomes increasingly challenging,” said principal investigator Dr. Idris Bahce, of VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. “Predictive markers may offer guidance in personalizing therapy.” One marker that predicts tumor response to TKIs is the [...]
Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the only NLST site in Chicago. During the study period, more than 400 individuals enrolled in the trial locally. “We are extremely grateful to the participants in both the chest X-ray and the CT scan arms who volunteered for this lengthy and challenging trial,” said Eric M. Hart, MD, a radiologist and the NLST Site [...]
The study, called the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST), was conducted in individuals at high risk of developing lung cancer to compare the differences in death rates between smokers aged 55 to 74 who were screened annually with low-dose helical (or spiral) CT, versus the conventional chest X-ray. The study results were published June 29, 2011 in the early [...]