University of Alberta researchers have developed a new molecular imaging test that could lead to improved diagnosis of lung cancer and better monitoring of treatment.

Discover protective tips to lower lung cancer risk even with a smoking history. Proven approaches for current and former smokers to strengthen lung health.

Discover essential steps to protect and strengthen your lungs, from quitting smoking to breathing exercises that can dramatically improve respiratory health.

The film discusses the pressures on teenagers to smoke and the associated health risks, particularly lung cancer and heart disease. It presents statistical evidence linking smoking to increased mortality rates from lung cancer and highlights the challenges of quitting smoking.

The researchers found that factors favoring chemoimmunotherapy included higher socioeconomic status, being uninsured, a more recent diagnosis and prior glucocorticoid/steroid use.

The Republican House majority is in jeopardy due to the upcoming Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, which could result in a liberal majority on the court and the potential striking down of the state’s congressional map, costing Republicans two U.S. House seats.

WHEN Kerrie Mitchell found a lump just beneath her neck, she never imagined it could be lung cancer. For at 46, the busy working mum felt as fit as a fiddle and brushed the thought of it aside

Thousands of patients with lung cancer face delays in genomic testing, preventing timely access to targeted treatments that could improve survival rates, according to a report.

The randomized NLST had shown that three rounds of annual screening with low-dose CT reduced lung cancer mortality by 20% among current and former smokers as compared with the same number of annual screens with chest radiography. However, there were risks as well: false positives, complications in procedures for benign nodules, and more.

The first pilot screening programme of its kind for lung cancer has been announced for the communities of North Dublin and the North East, using mobile scanning units.

Up to 100 high-risk people may have lung cancer detected as part of a mobile screening initiative targeted at north Dublin and the north-east.

Deborah Stahlnecker, DO, who specializes in pulmonology and critical care medicine, talks about innovative ways St. Luke’s diagnoses and treats patients with asthma, COPD and lung cancer on this Commu