“Early detection can reduce lung cancer death rates by 20% — that’s significant,” Dr. Gorbatov says. “In some cases when we ...

You can learn a lot from an older brother. Tom Hoffner said he picked up the family habit of smoking cigarettes at just 10 ...

Researchers have used a chemical compound to light up treatment-resistant cancers on imaging scans, in a breakthrough that ...

Researchers have used a chemical compound to light up treatment-resistant cancers on imaging scans, in a breakthrough that could help medical professionals better target and treat cancer.

The widespread utilization of chest CT scans has increased the importance ... characteristics of benign versus malignant nodules. Lung cancer is the primary etiology of malignant nodules and ...

But most cancer cells travel indirectly, through three possible ways: Lung metastases often do not cause any symptoms. When this is the case, the metastases may be found on a radiological exam, like ...

Dec. 5, 2024 — Improvements in cancer prevention and screening have averted more deaths from five cancer types combined over the past 45 years than treatment advances, according to a modeling study.

Doctors at Chesapeake Regional Healthcare are able to minimize the pain lung cancer patients undergo with a one-and-done procedure.

Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors ...

More people without a history of smoking tobacco are being diagnosed with lung cancer. Oncologist Dr. Laura Alder with Duke Health said she often must remind people, “Anyone with lungs can get ...

ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale said Thursday that his most recent scan showed he is cancer-free. Vitale, 85, had surgery this summer after a biopsy of a lymph node in his neck showed ...