The Rising Concern of Lung Cancer Lung cancer is increasingly recognized as one of the most serious health issues globally.
A mobile lung screening unit designed to give patients a better chance by detecting cancer early, has seen about 3,000 people ...
According to the American Lung Association, the national five-year lung cancer survival rate is about 29.7 percent. The ...
Amini: This varies quite a bit by stage — operable vs. nonoperable — and patients’ performance status and preference. Additionally, more relevant to medical oncology but equally, if not more, ...
Diagnostic tunnel vision by 2 pulmonologists led to a $2 million malpractice settlement after the patient died of esophageal cancer.
Amini: The majority of these patients — except at this time stage 1 — will need systemic therapy as part of their therapy, whether it is in the locally advanced resectable or unresectable case or ...
These misdiagnoses carry direc and life-altering clinical consequences, as treatment recommendations and prognostic ...
(Nasdaq: BDSX), a leading diagnostics solutions company, announced the publication of the largest lung nodule biomarker clinical validation study ever conducted. This milestone strengthens the ...
A cancer diagnosis can be one of the most frightening moments in a person’s life. One of the first questions many people ask is how long they will live. This is a very natural question, but the answer ...
On Wednesday, March 25, North East resident and lung cancer survivor, Miriam Patterson, will meet with her members of Congress for the American Lung Association’s 11th annual LUNG FORCE Advocacy Day ...
As a Black woman who has seen cancer take a heavy toll in our communities, hearing my own diagnosis was terrifying.
When Dan Hannon, 72, received guidance to have part of a lung taken out whether nodules were cancerous or not, he wanted a second opinion to see if he would indeed live the rest of his life without a ...