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

Unlike the West, where smoking remains the dominant driver, India’s COPD burden is shaped by pollution, says Dr Anurag ...

SOMC’s CT lung screening program grew from 300 to 2,400 scans in 10 years, helping catch cancer early and improve survival ...

The five-year survival rate for Stage I or Stage II lung cancer is now more than 65%, compared to just 8% for later-Stages ...

Feeling breathless all day can be linked to smoking, a major cause of lung damage, COPD, and lung cancer. Cigarette smoke ...

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Researchers reveal that current lung cancer screening guidelines miss 65% of patients, and call for universal age-based ...

Lung cancer is the second-most common cancer in the United States, and the most common cause of cancer-related death. While many things contribute to your risk of developing lung cancer ...

Current guidelines exclude a large number of people who could have their cancer detected earlier, according to a new study.

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

Low screening rates and the stigma of smoking mean many patients are diagnosed too late to benefit from treatments, according to Brenda Connolly of the American Lung Association and Moffitt Cancer ...

Cancer screenings exist to try to detect the disease in its earlier stages, and ultimately to save lives. But screenings for lung cancer—the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide—are narrow, and ...