Most patients found to have lung cancer die within a year largely because their tumor has already spread, making treatment difficult. Now there is real reason to believe that lung cancer can be ...

Lung cancer is a type of cancer that starts in or spreads to the lungs. Lung cancer is the No. 1 type of cancer that kills both men and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Radon and smoking are both known causes of lung cancer, but when someone is exposed to both, the results can be deadly.

However, the poor documentation does not necessarily mean that these techniques are ineffective. In adults with acute lung injury or collapsed lungs during anesthesia, lung recruitment maneuvers can ...

While there remain many unknowns about COVID-19, one thing already appears certain: it will continue to impact our lives and the healthcare space moving forward. The pandemic is having a profound ...

Lung cancer is treated based on the type and stage of the cancer, as well as the patient’s general health status and ability to withstand the treatment. Which type of treatment a patient has will ...

Researchers have determined what happens at a cellular level as the lung alveolus forms and allows newborns to breathe air. Understanding this process gives researchers a better sense of how to ...

Eleanor Ceres found out she had lung cancer after the tumor spread from her chest and began protruding out her neck. Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, Ceres has been smoking for over 30 ...

Vatican officials now say that the new Pope Francis lost just part of a lung to disease as a young man, and that the injury has never affected his work. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires ...