Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung cancer. And devising ways to sense these compounds could help doctors ...

Drug Improves Effectiveness of Radiation for Lung Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain Oct. 4, 2024 — The University of Cincinnati's Debanjan Bhattacharya is first author of new research ...

What Is Stage III Lung Cancer? Doctors use stages to describe how much cancer you have and where it is in your body. People with stage III lung cancer can be a very mixed group. Their tumors can ...

Lung-RADS ® is a quality assurance tool designed to standardize lung cancer screening CT reporting and management recommendations, reduce confusion in lung cancer screening CT interpretations, and ...

Lung cancer symptoms can mimic other conditions and are easy to ignore, especially in the early stages. If you have persistent symptoms like cough, bloody phlegm, chest pain, and shortness of breath, ...

The most common types of lung cancer are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—which accounts for 80% to 85% of diagnosed cases of the disease in the United States—and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Each ...

50 – 80 years of age Have a 20 pack-year history of smoking (1 pack a day for 20 years or 2 packs a day for 10 years) Are a current smoker or have quit within the last 15 years If you meet the ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, is a long-term lung disease that makes breathing more difficult. COPD tends to get worse over time, and actions you can take can either speed up or slow ...

Smoking is both the leading cause of cancer and the leading cause of death from cancer. 85 percent of lung cancer cases are smoking-related. Just living with a smoker increases your chance of ...