Radiation therapy remains a central modality in cancer treatment, but normal-tissue toxicity and long-term stochastic effects ...

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New research from the University of the Western Cape uncovers alarming respiratory symptoms among Cape Town firefighters, revealing the hidden dangers of smoke exposure in their line of duty.

More patients in primary care practices with vs. without access to a blood-based lung cancer screening test received ...

A new Mayo Clinic study shows that integrating telomere length evaluation and genetic testing into pulmonary care can significantly change how physicians diagnose and treat pulmonary fibrosis - in ...

Two existing types of drugs synergize to improve the clearing of mucus from the lungs of animals with cystic fibrosis, a Stanford Medicine research team has found. The findings are published in the ...

Cary Hatch was enjoying retirement after years as a marketing strategist in D.C. Then, she got diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. With one-pill-a-day targeted therapy, her EGFR-mutated lung cancer is ...

The highly anticipated study found that ivonescimab reduced the risk of death by 34% compared with another drug Summit Therapeutics and Akeso shared more data for their experimental lung-cancer drug ...

The American Cancer Society released new recommendations to “close the screening gap” and catch more cancer cases at a treatable stage Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team.

From breathless to breathing freely. NASA engineer and mother Jodi Graf is grateful to celebrate another Mother’s Day after undergoing an innovative procedure to treat her terminal lung cancer. Now, ...

If you have idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic lung condition that can cause shortness of breath, low oxygen levels in the blood, and scarring on the lungs (fibrosis), it’s important to ...

Honey Gorny was diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis, a rare lung disease, in 2011. A decade later, a flare-up with the disease caused her to need a double-lung transplant. Gorny's small stature meant ...