Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, but advances in screening and treatment ...

Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung is linked to smoking and requires early detection and accurate staging for effective treatment. Diagnosis involves imaging and biopsy, with the TNM system used to ...

Historically, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment involved three modalities: surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. In the last two decades, the treatment landscape of NSCLC has greatly ...

Robotic and video-assisted thoracic surgery have revolutionized lung cancer treatment, minimizing trauma and shortening recovery times. Minimally invasive techniques enable complex procedures, ...

Lung cancer kills as many women as breast, ovarian, and cervical cancers combined. A new FDA-cleared tool aims to change that—one nodule at a time ...

Lung wedge resection is surgery that removes a small, wedge-shaped piece of lung tissue. It can treat early stage lung cancer or help doctors diagnose suspicious lumps or shadows on the lungs, visible ...

Fear, uncertainty, and many questions often accompany the diagnosis of lung cancer. But modern oncology has transformed the ...

Results from a Phase III clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that patients with lung cancer who received an immunotherapy drug, nivolumab, along with standard ...

Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy before surgery for patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer—the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide—improved long-term survival overall compared with ...

Surgery is a common treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly when the disease is detected early and the tumor is small and is only in one part of the lung. For small cell lung ...