Improving lung cancer survival; time to move on

Improving lung cancer survival; time to move on

BACKGROUND During the past decades, numerous efforts have been made to decrease the death rate among lung cancer patients. Nonetheless, the improvement in long-term survival has been limited and lung cancer is still a devastating disease. DISCUSSION With this article we would like to point out that survival of lung cancer could be strongly improved by controlling two pivotal prognostic factor...

ImprovIng lung cancer survIval

Management of small-cell lung cancer: time to move forward.

Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a pathologically distinct malignancy of the lung, characterized by rapid growth, propensity for early metastatic spread, and responsiveness to chemotherapy and radiation. Despite its generally good initial response, the relapse and subsequent mortality rate remain very high. Only 3% to 8% of all patients survive 5 years, and median survival for extensive stage d...

Time to move on.

I am sure it is no coincidence that in the year I have turned 40 a new challenge has beckoned. In a few months I shall be heading off to train for a new career. After 20 years, six different universities and four countries it is time to venture beyond the world of higher education. I am not being terribly bold, though, quite the opposite, as I am moving into primary education. Grant application...

Time to Move On?

Cosmology and particle physics have long been dominated by theoretical paradigms: Einstein’s general theory of relativity in cosmology and the Standard Model of particle physics. The time may have come for paradigm shifts. Does cosmological inflation require a modification of Einstein’s gravity? Have experiments at the LHC discovered a new particle beyond the Standard Model? It is premature to ...