Nearly a quarter of all newly-diagnosed patients with advanced lung cancer are not given a test that could improve their chances for long-term survival and reduce their side effects.

Screening for disease, including cancer, can cause harm —during screening, diagnosis and treatment. With lung cancer ...

The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

Cancer is not a welcome diagnosis, but breakthroughs in genetic sequencing and immunotherapy are making some cancers easier ...

A cone biopsy can also be used as a treatment to completely remove many pre-cancers and some very early cancers. The methods commonly used for cone biopsies are the loop electrosurgical excision ...

Despite the absence of pain signals, post-operative opioids control tachycardia and hypertension, highlighting the unique ...

Introduction The promise of benefits from lung cancer screening is tempered by the false positive rate and the need to perform diagnostic procedures to determine the aetiology of the solitary ...

Navigational bronchoscopy was noninferior to CT-guided biopsy when assessing diagnostic accuracy in patients with lung ...

Small cell lung cancer is aggressive and spreads quickly. There are many options for treatment, depending on the type and stage of SCLC.

Thoracoscopic procedures reduce morbidity and the length of hospitalization compared to lung biopsy through open thoracotomy, while providing comparably diagnostic specimens.

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality globally. The detection rate of nodules has significantly ...

Lower Silesian Oncology, Pulmonology and Hematology Center, Wrocław, Poland Lower Silesian T. Marciniak Specialist Hospital – Center for Emergency Medicine, Wrocław, Poland Jan Mikulicz-Radecki ...