When doctors review diagnostic medical scans for lung cancer, they sometimes spot abnormalities unrelated to the lungs. New ...

A third of patients with connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease developed progressive pulmonary fibrosis.

Use of CT is proven to save lives in patients eligible for lung cancer screening, which includes most patients with COPD, said Barr, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Columbia University ...

Screening individuals for lung cancer with low-dose CT on a nonrisk basis is associated with a marked reduction in lung cancer mortality and better overall survival, reveals Chinese data.

However, acting on these findings will place additional burdens on health systems, experts ...

A new randomized trial from North Carolina suggests that digital tools like mPATH may slightly boost participation in CT lung cancer screening—yet the overall uptake remains strikingly low. Despite ...

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT could have saved tens of thousands of lives — if only we'd listened to the data back in the 1970s. Instead, fear of radiation, obsession with overdiagnosis, and ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - On a recent morning in a Quad Cities procedure room, a nurse leaned over Dave Tressel and teased, “Don’t bite me.” “I ain’t going to bite you — I don’t have my dentures,” ...

Medical Watch Digest for March 31 Potential treatment could clear scar tissue from lungs Scientists think they have ...

Fast-growing lung cancer risk factors include smoking, male sex, and solid nodules on CT. Learn more about identifying ...