Lung cancer among never-smokers is rising worldwide. In one U.S. study of 12,000 lung cancer patients, the share of people who didn’t smoke rose from 8 to 15 percent over twenty years. A British ...

But in other countries, including Taiwan, lung cancer screening for nonsmokers has become popular, even though it is not covered by Taiwan’s national health insurance program.

Given that lung cancer mortality in Taiwan remained stable between 2004 and 2018, the investigators suggest the 5-year survival rate is biased, reflecting an increased detection of indolent, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A new report published by the scientific journal, Nature, indicates Taiwan leads industrial countries in the northern hemisphere in terms of lung cancer mortality rates, per UDN ...

The mortality rate of lung cancer in Taiwan has declined for nine consecutive years, with early detection through screening the key to significantly improving survival rates, the Health Promotion ...

Texas-based artificial intelligence (AI) oncology firm, Lantern Pharma, has dosed the first patient from Taiwan in a Phase II trial of LP-300 in never-smoker patients with non-small cell lung ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan has expanded lung cancer screening services, lowering the eligible age for individuals with a family history of lung cancer and easing criteria for heavy smokers, the ...

Advances in scanning, screening move cancer battles forward. By Melissa Brunner. Published: Jun. 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM CDT ... One of the newer uses is a low-dose CT screening for lung cancer.