Your chest X-ray shows a nodule. What immediate steps should you take? Lung nodules, also called pulmonary nodules, are small spots or lumps that sometimes show up on a chest X-ray or CT scan. Most of ...

The good news is that imaging scans do detect lung cancer early. The bad news, according to a study in the current issue of the journal Radiology, is that they are much more likely to detect harmless ...

Lung cancer screening can detect cancer early when it’s most treatable. See if you qualify for a low-dose CT scan at Fred Hutch.

NORFOLK, Va. — November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disease often goes undetected until it reaches an ...

Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

Many people don’t know they have lung cancer until it’s too late. November is Lung Cancer Awareness month, and doctors at Beacon Health System say now is the time to be proactive. In this Eye on ...

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,” ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, W.Va. — Weirton Medical Center is adding to its toolbox when it comes to early detection for lung cancer, through its new Low Dose Lung CT Scanning Program. The program provides early ...

IN TODAY’S MEDICAL ALERT. TODAY IS WORLD CANCER DAY. THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATHS IN THE U.S. IS LUNG CANCER. SADLY, THE OVERALL FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL RATE IS JUST 28%. BUT IF IT’S CAUGHT EARLY, ...

Barry Manilow revealed Monday that his doctors discovered a cancerous spot on his lung after he underwent an MRI.