The biopsy came back positive. It’s lung cancer.” Countless people in our community hear these words no one ever expects.

According to the American Lung Association, the national five-year lung cancer survival rate is about 29.7 percent. The ...

Lung cancer used to have grim outcomes but earlier detection is improving those odds. A new combined procedure with diagnosis and removal using two different robotic systems at Roper could change that ...

While smoking remains the leading risk factor, other contributors include secondhand smoke, air pollution, radon exposure and a family history of lung cancer.

After increasing for more than 25 years, lung cancer death rates are finally levelling off among women in European Union (EU) countries apart from Spain, according to predictions of mortality rates ...

Good news: cancer death rates in the UK have fallen to their lowest level on record. According to the latest statistics from ...

A UVA Health study finds severe viral infections can prime the lungs for cancer, but vaccination appears to reduce that risk.

It might seem implausible that Dr. Ross Camidge, a renowned lung cancer physician, would himself be diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, one of the cancers he’s dedicated his life to ...

“Lung cancer, though common and serious, still has many misconceptions,” says Ian Bostock, MD, a thoracic surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute in Florida. “Clearing these myths helps patients and ...

The likelihood that a person with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer will receive curative treatment still varies ...

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Myth: Cancer is always a death sentence. Fact: Many cancers today are treatable or even curable, especially if detected early. Cancer is no longer the full stop—it can be a comma in life’s story. Myth ...