According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer accounts for more deaths than any other cancer — nearly 27 percent. Rates have been declining since the 1980s for men and since the early 2000s ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -— A new report from the American Lung Association shows while lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women, the survival rate has “dramatically ...

Receiving a diagnosis of cancer is stressful enough, but having to wait for further tests and subsequent treatments can really add to a patient's anxiety levels. For instance, if a "spot" appears on a ...

Tumors can spread from one lung to the other and beyond. How are possible cancer metastases diagnosed in early stages? In 2002, 53-year-old David Sturges made an appointment with a cardiologist to ...

Philippa Cheetham, MD: Hello, and welcome to Cure Connections ®. I am your host, Dr. Philippa Cheetham. November is lung cancer awareness month, and here at CURE Connections ®, we thought it was the ...

After a car accident in 2016, Yovanna Portillo, then 34, visited the emergency room as a precaution. Doctors diagnosed her with whiplash from the collision. But one of the scans she underwent detected ...

Whether body composition is associated with lung function in asthmatic children has not been investigated. This study aimed to primarily investigate whether BMI z-score and body composition were ...

PLAISTOW — Lauren Coye has set out to defeat and prove her biggest enemy, and motivator, wrong. The 26-year-old lung cancer survivor is challenging herself to accomplish feats she was told she would ...