Why do many heavy smokers evade lung cancer while others who have never lit up die of the disease? The question has vexed scientists for decades.

Now,…

A nationwide consortium of scientists has reported the first comprehensive genetic analysis of squamous cell carcinoma of the lung, a common type of lung cancer responsible for…

In the September 9, 2012 early online edition of Nature, scientists with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) report that they have characterized the lung squamous cell carcinoma…

Stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with surgery and/or radiation therapy have a significantly reduced risk of developing brain metastases if they also…

Newly discovered molecular differences between small cell lung cancer and nonsmall cell lung cancer have revealed PARP1 and EZH2 as potential therapeutic targets for patients with small…

Break apart a couple worm-like chromosomes and they may reconnect with mismatched tips and tails – such is the case of the…

In addition to the well-known risk factor of smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increases lung cancer risk.

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in…

New recommendations from chest and cancer doctors call for lung cancer screening in older adults with a long history of smoking a pack a day or more - but…

CT scans using radiation doses as low as one-thirtieth of standard doses may be sufficient for monitoring lung nodules, a small study suggested.

When the CT scanner’s tube current-time setting was…

Peter B. Bach, M.D., of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, and colleagues conducted a systematic review to examine the evidence regarding the benefits…

Array BioPharma Inc’s experimental lung cancer drug, selumetinib, w as shown to increase survival by an additional 4.2 months over chemotherapy alone, according to new data released on Wednesday.

The most recent research released in June’s Journal of Thoracic Oncology says video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a valuable tool in managing lesions detected in a lung…

Cancer therapies targeting specific molecular subtypes of the disease allow physicians to tailor treatment to a patient’s individual molecular profile. But scientists are finding that…

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death throughout the world. Standard treatment methods do not usually result in long-term recovery. In addition to the proliferation of the tumour cells,…

A new analysis has found that Hispanic lung cancer patients seem to live longer than white or black patients. Published early online in Cancer, a…

Consensus is starting to build that long-time smokers should have annual CT-based screenings to reduce lung cancer mortality, a researcher said here.

A series of studies suggesting a mortality reduction in…

Mutant KRAS status in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) correlated with significantly worse progression-free survival (PFS) and resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy, data from a randomized trial showed.

KRAS mutations were…

Previous research has shown that Asian patients with lung cancer are more likely to harbor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations. Furthermore, Asian patients with lung cancer are more…

Using CT scans to screen older smokers who are at risk for lung cancer appears to be as cost-effective as several other common screening studies, researchers found.

In an actuarial model…

Men experience a marked drop in their testosterone levels when taking a targeted therapy to control a specific type of lung cancer. That’s according to a University of…

The way lung cancer patients feel around the time they’re diagnosed may be related to how long they survive - even after taking into account objective measures of the…

According to a new study, researchers from the Salk Institute of Biological Studies, California, have discovered that medication used on an inflammation specific enzyme could create a new treatment…

A controversial radiation treatment for patients who’ve had lung cancer surgery may not help elderly people live longer, U.S. researchers have found.

Postoperative radiotherapy, or PORT, is thought to…

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that post-operative radiation therapy (PORT), a controversial yet frequently administered treatment for lung cancer, may…

Different kinds of lung cancer behave in different ways, suggesting they are fundamentally different diseases. According to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in Cancer, the official…