This web site is updated weekly so that we may bring you the latest health news in a timely fashion. You may want to bookmark this site for future reference. . New treatment For Lung Cancer Patients with advanced lung cancer may have a new treatment option.
Studies show the promise of the combination of paclitaxel plus carboplatin, administered weekly.
The new regimen appears to offer a safer chemotherapy treatment for patients with advanced lung cancer, doctors said at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in San Francisco. Safety and tolerability are of key importance, said Dr. Chandra Belani, lead investigator of the study at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. The study included 390 patients with untreated advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The investigators found patients benefited if the interval between doses was reduced from the standard three weeks to one. Copyright 2001 by United Press International.