Stress is inevitable. But too much of it can be terrible for our health. Chronic stress can increase our risk for heart disease and strokes. It may also help cancer spread. How this works has remained a mystery—a challenge ...
Feb 22, 2024
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Imperial researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) to extract information about the chemical makeup of lung tumors from medical scans. For the first time, they have demonstrated how combining medical imaging with ...
Feb 21, 2024
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An innovative computer model of a human lung is helping scientists simulate, for the first time, how a burst of radiation interacts with the organ on a cell-by-cell level.
Feb 20, 2024
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People living in the Inuit region of Nunavik in northern Quebec die earlier after a diagnosis of lung cancer than Montreal residents receiving treatment at the same cancer center, according to new research published in theCanadian ...
Feb 20, 2024
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Lung cancer is responsible for more deaths than breast, colon and prostate cancer combined.
Feb 19, 2024
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For the past decade, Kentucky researchers have promoted lung cancer screening, first recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in 2013. These days the Bluegrass State screens more residents who are at high risk ...
Feb 19, 2024
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Scientists have long thought of the fluid-filled sac around our lungs merely as a cushion from external damage. Turns out, it also houses potent virus-eating cells that rush into the lungs during flu infections.
Feb 14, 2024
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A newly identified genetic marker could potentially predict which patients are likely to respond to immunotherapy in cancer types that have lacked such tools until now, according to a new study published in Cancer Immunology ...
Feb 13, 2024
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A specific combination of targeted therapy and immunotherapy may better help patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) overcome inherent immune resistance and reinvigorate anti-tumor activity, according to a new study ...
Feb 13, 2024
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My father smoked a pipe for some time, and I vividly remember that sticky black substance—tar—which stuck to the device's filter. Now imagine this stuff going into your lungs, and coating their walls. The picture is unpleasant, ...
Feb 12, 2024
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