Feb. 6, 2025 — Scientists have created a new low-cost, fast response sensor to detect lung cancer biomarkers, paving the way for the development of screening devices to spot the disease even ...

Lung cancer survival rates can be as high as 98% for certain cancers diagnosed in an early stage, and as low as 4% for those diagnosed with more aggressive cancers in advanced stages. Survival rates ...

Cigarette smoking is by far the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, data shows — but in a surprising turn of events, the most common form of the disease is primarily found in non-smokers.

Stage 4 cancer means cancer cells have spread to distant tissue or organs. The relative 5-year survival rate for a person receiving a diagnosis of stage 4 small cell lung cancer (SCLS) is 3%, and ...

A new study highlights that many lung cancer patients already have risk factors for heart disease at the time of their diagnosis. These factors, including older age and smoking history ...

Getting it after surgery or on its own could slow your cancer's growth or stop it from coming back. But radiation to the chest might also raise your odds of lung cancer down the road, especially ...

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Lung cancer attacks your respiratory system, which is so central to exercise that people with this condition probably shouldn’t do it, right? Wrong. Research shows that lung cancer exercise ...

When something goes wrong, the words can have typos which leads to the words in the book meaning something different. In the case of lung cancer, these changes to the “words” can lead to uncontrolled ...

Targeted therapies sometimes cause fewer side effects because they target exactly what is wrong with the cancer cells instead of killing normal, healthy cells, too. Not every person is eligible for ...

Blood clots can be a side effect of both lung cancer and the drugs you take to treat it. It’s important to know the warning signs of a clot and get medical attention right away if you think you ...