Doctors warn that toxic air pollution is a contributing factor to the rising cases of lung cancer, overshadowing traditional ...

Pipe dream? Researchers say that 1.2 million lung cancer deaths worldwide could be prevented over 70 years by banning the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to people born between 2006 and ...

Lung cancer is often associated with cigarette smoking, but various other factors can contribute to the development of this disease. Understanding these factors is crucial for prevention and early ...

The Tobacco Atlas is a website packed with scientific information and insights, but is presented in a way so anyone can understand.

Patients with lung cancer who smoke both tobacco and cannabis have a higher incidence of aggressive tumor types and emphysema.

Over 100 years ago, lung cancer was relatively uncommon. But this was well before Hollywood glamorized smoking and the tobacco industry launched mass advertising campaigns. Fast forward to today, and ...

ROCHESTER — Thursday, Nov. 14 is the Great American Smokeout, an initiative from the American Cancer Society spotlighting the decision to quit using cigarettes. "The decision to quit or want to start ...

For patients who used to smoke heavily, screening for lung cancer through a low-dose computed tomography scan may be the best way to get treatment when it matters most.

Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among men (behind prostate cancer) and women (behind breast cancer) in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Nearly a quarter of a ...

The lung cancer screening system “is not a risk assessment. It is a judgment system designed as one,” writes the director of ...