Our progress against lung cancer is something to celebrate. Millions of lives have been saved in the U.S. alone since rates of smoking began to drop in the mid-1960s. And as smoking continues to ...
For current smokers—or those who’ve smoked in the last 15 years—screening for lung cancer should begin at age 50.
A study suggests that expanded screening for lung cancer could save more lives, especially among Black Americans. A ...
Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) is encouraging all eligible adults to add a lung cancer CT scan to their November to-do ...
Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) lung cancer screenings are available for those who are age 50 to 80, are active smokers or who quit smoking less than 15 years ago, or have a 20-pack-per-year ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Dr. Brian Whang, medical director of ...
In honor of the Great American Smokeout, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare hosted a Lung Health Resource Fair on Thursday. The ...
November is lung cancer awareness month. Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns spoke with a pulmonologist about what lung cancer screening involves.
Barbara Rodriguez, 53, later discovered her cancer wasn't even caused by her smoking, but rather a gene mutation.
The survival rate for early-stage breast cancer is also high because of screening protocols. Thyroid cancer is a type of cancer that starts in the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland located at the ...
Lung cancer screenings are available at area Ascension St. Vincent locations through Check Up 13. For more information or to ...
They gathered in Blasdell alongside Roswell Park’s mobile lung cancer screening unit, EDDY, to emphasize the critical role of early detection in combating the nation’s leading cause of cancer deaths.