In some cases of lung cancer, especially Pancoast tumours that grow at the top of the lungs, the pain starts in the shoulder ...

Screening for disease, including cancer, can cause harm —during screening, diagnosis and treatment. With lung cancer ...

The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

From July, eligible Australians will be screened for lung cancer as part of the nation's first new cancer screening program ...

Currently, people who are eligible for lung cancer screening are ages 50 to 80 and are active smokers or have quit within the past 15 years. They also need to have smoked one pack per day for 20 ...

No one wants to be diagnosed with or go through the physical and psychological toll of cancer. Which is why, sometimes, it's ...

Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in Australia, but it's not just a smokers' disease. A new trial is targeting early detection across three different groups.

The National Lung Cancer Screening Program (NLCSP) will offer low-dose computed tomography (CT) scans to people aged 50-70 ...

Researchers say never-smokers living in more polluted cities have significantly more mutations linked to malignancy ...

Nearly a quarter of all newly-diagnosed patients with advanced lung cancer are not given a test that could improve their chances for long-term survival and reduce their side effects.