In recent decades, lung cancer treatment has been transformed—new surgeries, new radiation techniques, and dramatically ...
February 2026 coverage highlighted combination EGFR therapy guidance, chemo-free treatment options, biomarker testing and ...
Five-year survival rates are among the lowest of all cancers, at about 25%. But when caught early enough – through annual CT screenings for those eligible – the disease can be completely curable.
A new study finds Black Medicare beneficiaries with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) continues to receive curative treatment at lower rates than White patients, highlighting ongoing ...
As a nonsmoker lung cancer hasn't been a concern of mine, but I recently heard it can affect people who have never smoked. If ...
It can be surprising to learn that lung cancer can develop in people who have never smoked. In fact, up to 20% of lung ...
Immunotherapy is a cancer treatment that harnesses the body’s immune system to fight cancer. It helps the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells, which can sometimes be hidden from the body’s ...
Targeted therapies are cancer medications that work more selectively than standard chemotherapy medications. They do this by targeting specific molecules or genetic changes in cancer cells in order to ...
A study published this week found that Black Medicare beneficiaries with early-stage NSCLC remain significantly less likely than White beneficiaries to receive curative treatment, largely because of ...
“Lung cancer, though common and serious, still has many misconceptions,” says Ian Bostock, MD, a thoracic surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute in Florida. “Clearing these myths helps patients and ...
The past 30 years have seen tremendous progress in our fundamental understanding of lung cancer and the development of new treatment strategies,” senior researcher Dr. Cary Gross, a professor at Yale ...