Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and older adults are at higher risk. But only ...

New research led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers estimates more than 3.8 million lung cancer deaths were averted and a little over 76 million years of life gained in the United States ...

People who've had a history of smoking can get a lung cancer spotted early—when it's most treatable—through annual CT screening. Unfortunately, most Americans polled in a new survey didn't know this ...

New research led by American Cancer Society (ACS) researchers estimates more than 3.8 million lung cancer deaths were averted and a little over 76 million years of life gained in the United States ...

"Lung cancer is treatable and survivable," adds Ella A. Kazerooni, MD, MS, Chair, American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable (ACS NLCRT), and Terry M. Silver Professor of Radiology and ...

Researchers find benefits, trade-offs using various levels of smoking duration alone ...

For decades, lung cancer has been associated with stigma, anxiety, and loss. Advances in screening, therapeutics, and survivorship have created a new reality; lung cancer is treatable, survivable, and ...

Biomarker testing can help shape more effective treatment regimens for lung cancer, helping patients avoid ineffective, less-targeted approaches, but it still isn’t used to its full potential for high ...

The American Lung Association ranked Maryland at or above average on most measures of quality lung cancer care in a report card released Wednesday. “I think it’s good that in Maryland we’re doing so ...

Since its peak in 1991, the cancer death rate has dropped 34%, averting an estimated 4.5 million deaths due, in part, to earlier detection of the most common types of cancer. Screening tests are ...

An unexpected study found that young non-smokers with healthier diets had higher rates of lung cancer, raising questions ...