Columbus Regional Health has the ability to screen for lung cancer and identify it in early stages. Timely identification and diagnosis of lung cancer is the key to long-term survival. Sometimes, ...

Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at ...

a clinical oncologist at The Nairobi West Hospital dittoes the role of chest CT scans in early lung cancer detection, and why (Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans are the most powerful tool ...

high-resolution CT scans will be a game-changer in diagnosing lung diseases. “The lungs are an intricate organ with more than 23 airways branching from the trachea to the alveoli,” he says.

STAT notes that a previous study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on lung cancer screening for smokers found that CT scans to detect early signs of the disease reduced deaths by about ...

Besides cancer, lung nodules also can be caused by air pollution, chronic inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or infectious diseases like tuberculosis ... X-ray or CT scan for some ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - Lakeland Regional Health is using new cutting-edge technology to help them cure lung cancer. Lung cancer can be a deadly disease, and the further it spreads, the more harmful it is.

A lung CT scan showed the patient suffered from pneumonia. Incidentally, the man was also diagnosed with lung cancer. The man was treated with oxygen administration and medications. After four ...

Several cardiovascular risk factors, such as advanced age and smoking history, are prevalent among lung cancer patients at the time of the diagnosis and increase their risk of future heart disease, ...