Rare transplant gives Stage 4 lung cancer patients a second chance at life
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"Rare transplant gives Stage 4 lung cancer patients a second chance at life" is generating significant coverage in the Health category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include MedPage Today, Chicago Tribune, Medical Xpress and Chicago Sun-Times. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (8)
- Lung transplants extend lives of sickest cancer patients better than standard treatment, study finds WBEZ Chicago · 17h ago
- Transplants extended survival for patients whose stage 4 lung cancer hadn’t spread, study says STAT · 17h ago
- Major breakthrough for cancer treatment Chicago Sun-Times · 17h ago
- Study Hints at Survival Benefit With Transplant for Metastatic Lung Cancer MedPage Today · 17h ago
- Northwestern study shows transplants boost survival for patients with terminal lung cancer Chicago Tribune · 17h ago
- Lung transplant dramatically improves survival for patients with terminal lung cancer, study finds Medical Xpress · 17h ago
- Lung transplants extend lives of sickest cancer patients better than standard treatment, study finds Chicago Sun-Times · 17h ago
- Rare transplant gives Stage 4 lung cancer patients a second chance at life WTOP · 17h ago broke it first
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