Affecting both men and women, lung cancer accounts for around 14 percent of all new cancer diagnoses. The American Cancer
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Racial-ethnic disparities in the quality of end-of-life care among lung cancer patients
Significant disparities in the quality of end-of-life lung cancer care were found among racial-ethnic minorities, with higher odds of experiencing
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Researchers map intricacies of lung cancer in one of their own
When James Spudich was diagnosed with lung cancer, researchers had a rare, and unexpected, opportunity to study healthy and diseased
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Are you at risk for lung cancer?
Every year, 1.6 million people die of lung cancer. But if you think that these are just older heavy smokers,
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Elderly less likely to benefit from simultaneous radio- and chemotherapy for lung cancer
An analysis of elderly patients treated in a phase II trial of radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy in non-small cell lung
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Alectinib provides longer symptom improvement than crizotinib in ALK-positive lung cancer
Alectinib provides longer symptom improvement than crizotinib in ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to results from the ALEX trial
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Study identifies new molecular target for treating deadly lung disease IPF
Scientists searching for a therapy to stop the deadly and mostly untreatable lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), found a
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Two-pronged approach could curb many cases of lung cancer
Non-small-cell lung cancer, the most common type of lung cancer, is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S.
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Simple lung function tests in primary care help ID early COPD
A peak flow meter or microspirometer can be used routinely in primary care among patients with suspected chronic obstructive pulmonary
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