Examining a patient for common or complex pulmonary issues in a primary care setting takes time and expertise — physicians need to ask about symptoms and medical history and determine which tests to ...

ATLANTA, Georgia — A combination of gene-expression testing (BronchoGen, Allegro Diagnostics) and diagnostic bronchoscopy significantly improves accuracy in the diagnosis of lung cancer, compared with ...

New research among lung cancer screening participants has found that low-dose chest computed tomography (CT) screening is ...

The American Lung Association wants to increase uptake of screening and biomarker testing to improve lung cancer outcomes. (LunaKate/Getty Images) Guardant Health is joining in on the American Lung ...

In this first part of an interview with The American Journal of Managed Care®, Julia Rotow, MD, thoracic oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the critical need to test for biomarkers ...

Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...

Share on Pinterest A new screening test could help diagnose lung cancer earlier than traditional CT scans. Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images About 1.8 million deaths each year are attributable to lung ...

Biodesix, Inc. has announced that new research will be showcased at upcoming conferences, including the ISPOR 2025 Annual Meeting in Montreal and the ATS 2025 International Conference in San Francisco ...

Even as biomarker testing has become increasingly important for selecting the right lung cancer treatment, the time it takes to order these tests hasn't improved. Overall, the time from biopsy to ...

Credit: Getty Images A pulmonologist discusses the history and influence of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing interpretation and patient care. Pulmonary function testing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - An 8-year-old student blows into a spirometer held by a nurse outside an elementary school in Bel Nor, Mo., in May 2009.

For decades, the medical standard of care included race-based medical tests — or giving different scores to Black and white ...