Expanded lung cancer screening and smoking cessation programs could prevent tens of thousands of deaths, but systemic barriers and outdated criteria leave high-risk communities behind.

While therapies continue to improve, prevention remains the strongest line of defense. Stopping smoking dramatically lowers ...

It’s a number to celebrate: 3.9 million. That’s the likely number of Americans saved from lung cancer since 1970 with efforts ...

Millions more current and former smokers are advised to get annual lung cancer screenings under updated guidelines released Wednesday by the American Cancer Society. Yearly scans now are recommended ...

Lung cancer is tied to tobacco smoking in the public consciousness, but a significant proportion of cases are driven by factors like indoor and outdoor air pollution or ancestral genetic variants.

The American Cancer Society has just updated their lung cancer screening guidelines in an effort to increase earlier detection. It expands the recommendation of yearly screening via low-dose CT scan ...

Kerri Robbins is a grateful to have another holiday season with her family. She never smoked, but was diagnosed with stage 4 ...

Genetic alterations lie at the heart of cancer development, but scientists may have been overlooking a powerful driver of these changes—the everyday nutrients that feed our cells.

Lung cancer is no longer linked only to smokers, with govt data showing a steady rise in cases among non-smoking women in ...

Most of us don’t think twice about the simple act of breathing until it becomes hard to do. A shower, doing little things ...

Earlier this year, Australia rolled out its newest screening program in 20 years, but can it reach those most at risk?