Identifying altered genes in lung cancer tumors and using this treatment to target therapy for treating the disease has transformed the approach of cancer treatment. A new study…
Ziva D.Cooper, PhD, discusses the limitations doctors face when prescribing medical marijuana. Dr. Cooper explains that a lack of controlled studies and unknown risks to pulmonary health are…
The New Year often brings resolutions, including quitting smoking. Fifty years ago this month, the Surgeon General released the first report on smoking and health in the United…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A European study indicates that starting with endosonography for assessing mediastinal lymph node status in potentially resectable lung cancer is more cost-effective than…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In smokers and former smokers, annual lung cancer screening with low-dose (LD) CT scans should not be discontinued after a negative result, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elderly patients with unresected stage III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are not candidates for chemoradiotherapy benefit from radiation therapy (RT) alone, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recurrence after limited lung resection for small early-stage adenocarcinoma is three times more likely when the micropapillary component of the tumor is 5%…
Prescribing antibiotics for children is very common. About 75 percent of these medications are given to treat acute respiratory tract infections or A-R-T-I’s. A new study evaluated whether…
By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Surgical resection of isolated pulmonary metastases can prolong overall survival in breast cancer patients, German researchers say. “On the basis…