Lung cancer is a malignant disease of the lungs. About 85%-90% of cases are related to smoking status (active or passive). According to statistics, every year around the world there are about 2.09 million new cases and 1.76 million deaths from lung cancer.
In 2018, Vietnam had more than 23,000 people with lung cancer, this number is likely to increase in the following years. Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers and has the second highest mortality rate after liver cancer.
Currently, studies on the impact of vaccination against Covid-19 on human health are evaluated by experts.
On December 7, the British pharmaceutical company GSK said that its antibody treatment for COVID-19 (sotrovimab) in collaboration with the biotechnology company Vir Technology (USA) was effective against all mutations. Variation of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, citing new data from early-stage studies.
Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that targets proteins that control how cancer cells grow, divide, and spread. It is the foundation of precision medicine. As researchers learn more about the DNA changes and proteins that drive cancer, they are better able to design treatments that target these proteins.