Percent predicted preoperative and postoperative forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV 1) was calculated for African American patients who underwent lung cancer resection between January 1 ...

Age-specific analyses from the SEER 17 data demonstrated that African Americans under the age of 50 years are almost twice as likely to develop lung cancer as whites in the same age group . 1 On ...

The number one group that die of lung cancer are African-American men. When we look at breast cancer, although Caucasian women are diagnosed more frequently with breast cancer, African-American ...

A new report from Linn County Public Health highlights disparities in cancer diagnoses and access to care. The research, ...

Most lung cancer screening guidelines hinge on how much people smoked tobacco and when they last smoked, but the American Cancer Society now says it doesn’t matter how long ago they quit.

Veronica shares the story of her 29-year-old son who fought lung cancer, and how it has inspired her advocacy.

Over the past 30 years, cancer deaths have decreased by 34% in the United States. Although the United States accounts for 1 ...

Taylor Duck, a former soccer player who was diagnosed with lung cancer 14 years ago, when she was just 21, says she’s heard them all. “There is immediate blame and shame, instead of the care ...

"Up to 25 to 30% of lung cancers are in patients who've never smoked," said Healey. Whatever the cause, it's important to find lung cancer early when it's curable. That's why the Lung Force walk comes ...

But the American Cancer Society and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which has slightly different recommendations than the society does, doesn’t think the evidence for this is strong enough.