50 – 80 years of age Have a 20 pack-year history of smoking (1 pack a day for 20 years or 2 packs a day for 10 years) Are a current smoker or have quit within the last 15 years If you meet the ...

Early-stage lung cancer usually refers to stages 1, 2, and 3A non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as well as limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). You may have no symptoms in these early stages ...

37th St. (Photo by Susan Watts/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) Breast, prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers account for approximately half of new cancer cases in the US each year ...

Our data demonstrate that percutaneous lung biopsy continues to be a relatively safe and accurate method of establishing tissue diagnosis for lung nodules. However, as we aggressively pursue ...

This November, during Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the American Lung Association’s LUNG FORCE initiative is driving critical awareness about lung cancer. LUNG FORCE is working to end this devastating ...

A cancer ward at a Scottish hospital has been closed after an outbreak of an illness linked to mould and another that is described as “hard to treat”. A “very small” number of patients were discovered ...

Seamus Cotter from Galway is 54 and was diagnosed with lung cancer, eight years ago. He is also the Chairman of the Irish Lung Cancer Community. Seamus said he had been a smoker but had given up ...

For the last five years, Vicky Ni has been battling lung cancer — a diagnosis that came out of the blue in 2019 after she went to a doctor for pain in her shoulder. "He was taking X-rays of my ...

Walker recently underwent surgery on his lungs, enduring five holes drilled through his rib cage and the removal of portions of his lung as part of a biopsy. For now, Walker happily announced his ...

Scarring from a brain biopsy can vary depending on the procedure and location of the biopsy. Seizure is a common symptom of a brain scar, which can sometimes develop after a brain biopsy.