Dr Anthony Cunliffe discusses a case of lung cancer that was identified in a non-smoking patient with unusual symptoms ...

reports the Mirror. Shoulder pain can also be an unusual symptom of lung cancer, typically when a tumour has formed in the upper part of the lung - known as a Pancoast tumour. This happens when ...

Specifically, unexplained or persistent pain in the shoulder can be a sign of a Pancoast tumor, which grows in the upper part of the lung and affects nerves and tissues around the shoulder and ...

Nerve compression may be caused by: An injury Pressure on the nerves from a tumor or swelling Pancoast tumors (from a type of lung cancer): Pancoast tumors also cause swelling of the face ...

This article explains why lung cancer sometimes causes shoulder pain and how this pain differs from other causes of shoulder pain. Pancoast tumors, a form of lung cancer, grow near the upper part of ...

Cleveland Clinic. Small cell lung cancer. National Cancer Institute. Small cell lung cancer treatment (PDQ®)–patient version. Gundepalli SG, Tadi P. Lung pancoast tumor. [Updated 2023 Jul 17]. In: ...

Chest wall tumors are benign or malignant growths that develop anywhere along your chest wall. Doctors use imaging tests and a biopsy to diagnose them. Surgery is often a needed treatment.

Complexity of tumors revealed in 3D Maps of tumor 'neighborhoods' open door to future treatment strategies Date: October 30, 2024 Source: Washington University School of Medicine Summary: A new ...

Pulmonary lymphoma is a rare cancer in which lymphoma cells affect your lungs. It can start inside the lungs (primary) or elsewhere in the body and spread to the lungs (secondary). Lymphoma occurs ...

Studying the evolution of cancer malignancy in space and time provides clues that are crucial for understanding how tumors develop, how they evade the immune system, and how they resist therapy ...

In another triumph for AI in healthcare, researchers have developed a model that can spot bits of brain tumors that surgeons may miss while removing them from patients. It can detect these ...

Researchers at WashU Medicine have generated structural maps of tumors in three dimensions. These 3D cell atlases, published in Nature, reveal tumor organization at the single-cell level and ...