Latest advances in treatment for non-small cell lung cancer - The …
Mar 4, 2024 · Lung cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer globally, and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. 85% of all lung cancer cases are categorised as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
WHO ends the COVID-19 public health emergency
On May 5, 2023, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that COVID-19 no longer constituted a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). “For more than a year, the pandemic has been on a downward trend, with population immunity increasing from vaccination and infection, mortality decreasing and the pressure on health systems easing”, explained Tedros, in ...
For Authors : Preparing your manuscript - The Lancet
If your manuscript is not accepted by the first Lancet journal you submit to, it may be judged suitable to pass to other editors in The Lancet Group for consideration or to editors of other relevant journals within Elsevier's portfolio. To save you time, if you agree to have your manuscript passed to another journal you will not need to reformat your paper, and where relevant the original peer ...
The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific
Dec 10, 2024 · Dementia in the Western Pacific region: from risk reduction to care: The Series highlights the challenges in dementia risk reduction, diagnosis, treatment and care, and calls for intersectoral collaboration and action to achieve our shared goal of the best level of health for all people in the Western Pacific region.Explore the Series here.
GOLD COPD report: 2024 update - The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Dec 4, 2023 · The 2024 report from the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been published. Key changes in the report were discussed by Claus F Vogelmeier (Philipps-Universität Marburg, German Center for Lung Research, Marburg, Germany) at the GOLD International COPD conference in ...
The Lancet Microbe Home Page
Sep 25, 2024 · Rebecca Barksby of The Lancet Microbe speaks to Professor Laurence Armand-Lefevre and Professor Luc Hervé Samison about implementing the WHO Tricycle Protocol in Madagascar for the surveillance of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in humans, chickens, and the environment.
WHO 2024 hepatitis B guidelines: an opportunity to transform care
Apr 10, 2024 · Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem and cause of chronic liver disease and led to an estimated 1·1 million deaths in 2022, mainly due to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.1 In 2022, WHO estimated that 254 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B, of whom 65% were in the African and Western Pacific regions.1 Most of this global burden can ...
New developments in bronchiectasis - The Lancet
Aug 14, 2023 · The prevalence of bronchiectasis has risen globally in the past 20 years, with more than 500 per 100 000 people affected in the UK, which might be due to improved diagnostic techniques and definitions. Post-infective bronchiectasis (eg, following severe respiratory viral infection or pneumonia) is the most common type. Other causes include autoimmune conditions, COPD, asthma, tuberculosis ...
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the …
Jul 31, 2024 · The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission on dementia provides new hopeful evidence about dementia prevention, intervention, and care. As people live longer, the number of people who live with dementia continues to rise, even as the age-specific incidence decreases in high-income countries, emphasising the need to identify and implement prevention approaches.
The Lancet Planetary Health Home Page
Nov 26, 2024 · Read open access research, comment, and correspondence from The Lancet Planetary Health, an interdisciplinary journal covering planetary health, the environment, sustainable development, and the SDGs