Benign lung nodules can have a few different causes. These include current and past infections in the lungs and inflammation in the body from a condition like rheumatoid arthritis. A lung nodule is a ...

Picture this: Your doctor orders an imaging test like a chest X-ray in preparation for an upcoming procedure, and the results show a small white spot in the center of your lungs—a pulmonary or lung ...

Lung cancer battle robotic bronchoscopy improves early diagnosis and treatment access through community lung nodule programs, reducing mortality.

Lung cancer develops when lung cells undergo genetic alterations, such as fusions, deletions, or mutations. These changes ...

Lung cancer can spread to your spine, which causes back pain and other symptoms. Back pain that worsens at night may be a sign of lung cancer, although this is rare. You can get treatments like ...

Lung cancer stands as a formidable health challenge, claiming more lives globally than any other type of cancer. This sobering reality is largely attributed to the unfortunate truth that the disease ...

Adopting a lung nodule program (LNP) may increase the detection of early lung cancer for patients who are not eligible for lung cancer screening under existing age eligibility criteria, according to a ...

When Saundra Moore experienced a pain in her side, she visited her doctor, who ran tests, but everything looked normal and the pain subsided so she forgot about it. About a year later, the pain ...

ABILENE, Texas — According to the American Lung Association, over 200,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer each year. Officials from Hendrick Health say the disease accounts for one in five of ...

Lung nodules are small growths in your lungs, less than 30 millimeters in diameter. Many nodules aren’t cancerous, but the risk becomes higher with increased size. A lung nodule is an irregular growth ...

Thoracic surgeon Gaetano Rocco, MD, holding a component of the "E-Nose," a noninvasive lung cancer test that produced promising results in a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering. Detecting lung ...

Sometimes, lung cancer can show itself in unexpected ways through the skin. While these skin symptoms are less common, they ...