Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is introducing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, offering safer early detection for lung disease.

FirstLook Lung is the first validated high-sensitivity test designed to close the persistent gap and shortfall observed in lung cancer screening. Lung cancer claims more lives of both men and women ...

ATLANTA, Georgia — A combination of gene-expression testing (BronchoGen, Allegro Diagnostics) and diagnostic bronchoscopy significantly improves accuracy in the diagnosis of lung cancer, compared with ...

Lung cancer accounts for 1 in 5 cancer-related deaths in the United States. While doctors say lung cancer is often treatable if caught early, millions of Americans who should be getting screened for ...

Use of race-based reference equations in pulmonary function testing has led to thresholds for what qualifies as impairment in populations.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Testing lung fluid samples for levels of surfactant protein D (SP-D), which is thought to have a protective effect on the lungs, may help identify patients with a high risk ...

Biomarker testing can help shape more effective treatment regimens for lung cancer, helping patients avoid ineffective, less-targeted approaches, but it still isn’t used to its full potential for high ...

To test for lung cancer, a person needs to get low-dose computed tomography screening, more commonly known as a CT scan. But that can be costly and time-consuming, just two reasons why less than 2% of ...

Heather Quintana Suchan, a mother and music industry professional living with stage 4 lung cancer, shared how her diagnosis challenged common assumptions about who develops the disease and underscored ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A simple breath test can sometimes detect lung cancer in patients even in the early stages of the disease, proving in principle that the idea might work, U.S. researchers ...