People living in high pollution areas may rack up DNA glitches that trigger lung cancer, scientists suggest July 2 in Nature. Those glitches can include mutations that hobble the very genes that ...

From diagnosis methods to management of comorbid infections, new lung cancer protocols adaptable for various conditions ...

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) develops in lung tissues, but when it's metastatic, it has spread to distant areas of the ...

The rising median age of people around the world has the same effect, since cancer can take decades to develop and therefore ...

Melanoma, the most serious skin cancer, claims thousands of lives yearly, with men dying at a higher rate due to delayed detection and treatment. Jim Crooks was shocked by his diagnosis, having no ...

A recent trial reveals that targeted stereotactic radiation significantly reduces neurologic death rates in small cell lung ...

A large VA database study showed that surgery improves long-term survival over radiation in veterans with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher Weisi Yan, M.D., Ph.D., recently shared his work on radiation therapy ...

A multidisciplinary guideline panel convened by the American Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP) and the Early Detection & Screening Committee of the International ...

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham trialed stereotactic (targeted) brain-directed radiation in 100 patients with small cell lung cancer and brain metastases, finding they ...

DCIS is a non-invasive or pre-invasive breast cancer, meaning the cancer cells are confined to the milk ducts and haven’t ...