According to the American Lung Association, the national five-year lung cancer survival rate is about 29.7 percent. The ...

Dr. Brian S. Henick, a medical oncologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and director of the phase 1 program and translational research in aerodigestive cancers, outlined in an interview ...

The once-daily oral drug improves patients’ lives while maintaining early, durable, and central nervous system responses, says Estelamari Rodriguez, MD, MPH. Based on data from the Beamion LUNG-1 ...

Abenacianine, a fluorescent imaging agent, received FDA fast track status for enhancing tumor visualization during lung cancer surgery, showing safety and efficacy in phase 2 trials. Alecensa ...

While smoking remains the leading risk factor, other contributors include secondhand smoke, air pollution, radon exposure and ...

The biopsy came back positive. It’s lung cancer.” Countless people in our community hear these words no one ever expects.

Lung cancer poses a potential smoke screen for today’s pulmonologists. Overall, incidence rates continue to decline in the US as other cancers are on the rise, yet a growing number of patients are ...

A mobile lung screening unit designed to give patients a better chance by detecting cancer early, has seen about 3,000 people ...

A new wave of immuno-therapies is reshaping the fight against cancer, turning the body’s own immune system into a powerful ...

Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer Center has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Lung Cancer Certification by ...

Amini: Patient’s quality of life is important. For radiation patients, it is important to assess for long-term side effects, which is based on patient risk factors and radiation dose to the heart.