Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., but screening rates for this deadly disease are low.

Commentary: Lung cancer remains the top cause of cancer deaths in the U.S., yet about only one quarter of lung cancer cases are caught early.

Screening asymptomatic individuals is central to reducing lung cancer mortality because early-stage lung cancer has cure rates of up to 90%. 37 In the United States, however, LCS has fallen short of ...

Expanding eligibility criteria for lung cancer screening to include 20-year smoking history without requiring a certain number of pack-years yielded a relative 28% increase in the number recommended ...

Adults aged 75-80 years benefit from lung cancer screening just as much as younger patients if they are fit enough for surgery, according to a new study. Researchers found that when those older adults ...

Raymond Osarogiagbon, MD, discusses the challenges of implementing lung cancer screening guidelines and the need for increased awareness and access. In this clip, Raymond Osarogiagbon, MD, director of ...

Older individuals between the ages of 75 and 80 who are eligible for lung surgery may achieve survival outcomes comparable to younger patients following lung cancer screening, according to research ...

DuBois, Pennsylvania, Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lung cancer is a source of more cancer deaths in the U.S. than breast, colon and prostate cancer combined. People diagnosed with lung cancer are ...

If Australia's new lung cancer screening program had been around earlier, Anne Fidler thinks she might have had a lot longer to live. "They probably would have caught it at stage 1 and not now at ...

IU Health’s Mobile Lung Screening Unit is set to visit the IU Southeast campus.  If you now smoke or have quit in the last 15 ...