Over the last few years, there has been a rising increase in lung cancer cases among non-smokers. Lung cancer has long been considered as a smoker’s disease and this changing trend has…
Severe COVID-19 and Flu Can Raise Lung Cancer Risk
New research from UVA Health’s Beirne B. Carter Center for Immunology Research and the UVA Comprehensive Cancer Center has suggested that severe viral infections can create serious conditions in the lungs helping…
Study Finds: Do Lungs Age Differently?
New research has found that lungs age differently. It revealed that certain lung cells are more vulnerable to aging than others. This study has been published in Nature Communications. Scientists at Yale…
Growth Hormone Receptor as Possible Target to Improve Lung Cancer Treatment
Despite many advancements in lung cancer therapies, this disease remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States and around the world. Ohio University researchers have discovered a new way…
Lung Cancer In Never Smokers (LCINS) – A Growing Health Challenge
When it comes to lung cancer, it has always been thought of as a smoker’s disease. Though this is largely true but the trend is changing in an important way. Those people…
Inhalable Gene Therapy for Advanced Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer is the deadliest form of disease and one of the reasons that lung cancer is becoming difficult to treat is that the treatments administered orally or intravenously have difficulty in…
First National Lung Cancer Care Guidelines Released in India
The Government of India has released its first national lung cancer care guidelines. The aim is to help in improvement in how the disease is diagnosed, treated and managed. They aim to…
NHS England to Trial AI and Robotics to Detect Lung Cancer Earlier
A new NHS pilot combining artificial intelligence with robotic technology aims at diagnosing patients with suspected lung cancer faster. This new approach uses AI software to help doctors detect cancers earlier, with…