If lung cancer is caught before it spreads, the five-year survival rate can be as high as 92%. So why aren’t more smokers – past and present – taking advantage of an effective diagnostic tool? Doctors ...

Lung wedge resection is surgery that removes a small, wedge-shaped piece of lung tissue. It can treat early stage lung cancer or help doctors diagnose suspicious lumps or shadows on the lungs, visible ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in America, and catching it early is vital. That’s exactly what a low-dose CT scan does, but only one-in-10 people at ...

I had no family history of lung disease, was a non-smoker and was only 39, so the pulmonologist thought it was very unlikely ...

Children and teens with long COVID appear to have significantly reduced blood flow through their lungs, researchers reported in the journal Radiology. This could cause fatigue—one of the more common ...

A groundbreaking robotic-assisted procedure, trialled for the first time in the UK, promises to revolutionise lung cancer diagnosis by enabling doctors to make microscopic movements within the lungs.

It has long been known that smoking cigarettes is a leading cause of lung cancer. But what might not be as obvious is that cigarette smoking can also lead to seemingly unrelated types of cancer, like ...

BOSTON, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a Boston hospital is offering a new approach that allows ...

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