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Shifts in Trends Noted for Trachea, Bronchus, Lung Cancer Mortality
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 15, 2025 – Tobacco-associated trachea, bronchus, and lung (TBL) cancer mortality is declining, while ambient particulate matter (PM)-associated TBL cancer mortality is increasing,...
Rurality Partly Explains Racial Difference in Distance to Lung Cancer Screening
MONDAY, Jan. 13, 2025 – Differences in distance to lung cancer screening (LCS) facilities by race and ethnicity are partly explained by rurality, according to a study published online Jan. 14 in the...
Why Does Cancer Spread to the Lungs So Often?
FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 – The lungs are a tempting place for cancer cells – so much so that more than half of people with advanced cancer elsewhere in their bodies wind up with lung tumors....
Proposed FDA Rule Targets Asbestos in Talc Cosmetic Products
FRIDAY, Dec. 27, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new rule to require standardized testing of talc-containing cosmetics for asbestos, a known carcinogen linked to...
Are Microplastics In the Air Putting Your Fertility At Risk?
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18, 2024 – Microscopic plastic particles in the air could be contributing to a wide variety of health problems, including lung and colon cancers. Tires and degrading garbage shed...
Metformin Beneficial in Lung Cancer Patients With Overweight, Obesity
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with overweight or obesity, metformin may improve lung cancer-specific clinical outcomes, according to a study published...
Screening Primary Driver of Averted Cancer Deaths From 1975 to 2020
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – Over the past 45 years, cancer prevention and screening accounted for most cancer deaths averted for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers, according to a...
American Lung Association Releases Annual 'State of Lung Cancer' Report
MONDAY, Dec. 2, 2024 – The lung cancer survival rate improved 26 percent in the last five years, according to the "State of Lung Cancer" report published by the American Lung Association. The annual...
Smoker or Former Smoker? Here Are 4 Key Things You Need to Know
MONDAY, Dec.2, 2024 — Doctors have potent new weapons against the deadliest cancer in America and they want to make sure they're on the radar of current and former smokers. "Lung cancer screening is t...
Diabetes Drug Metformin Might Help Fight Lung Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 27, 2024 – Already the go-to drug of choice for millions with type 2 diabetes, metformin might also fight lung cancer if those patients have it as well, new research shows. Metformin...
There's Been a Big Improvement in Lung Cancer Survival
TUESDAY, Nov. 19, 2024 – More people with lung cancer are living longer, but it remains America's deadliest cancer, a new state-by-state report shows. "There is more work to do, but I am incredibly...
Few High-Risk Individuals Have Heard of, Discuss Lung Cancer Screening
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – Few high-risk individuals have heard of or have discussed lung cancer screening (LCS) with a health care practitioner, according to a research letter published online Oct....
Early Steps to a Breath Test for Lung Cancer
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 – An experimental portable device might be able to detect lung cancer from a person’s exhaled breath, researchers report. The device contains “nanoflake” sensors that can detec...
Sensitivity Reduced on Low-Dose Pediatric CT Scans for Small Lung Nodules
MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2024 – Two lung-nodule computer-aided detection (CAD) systems demonstrated reduced sensitivity on low- versus standard-dose computed tomography (CT) scans for small nodules in...
Tobacco-Free Generation Could Prevent 40 Percent of Predicted Lung Cancer Deaths Globally
MONDAY, Oct. 7, 2024 – Implementation of a tobacco-free generation could substantially reduce global lung cancer mortality, according to a study published in the October issue of The Lancet Public ...