A recent study found that structured cessation programs improve quit rates among lung cancer screening participants. How can physicians leverage this?

Lung cancer has become a major health concern in India, attributed to air pollution, smoking, and genetic factors. Early detection is crucial for survival, with advanced stages drastically reducing ...

A 41-year-old man was evaluated for swelling in the ankles and syncope. CT of the chest showed bilateral mediastinal and ...

Chest X-rays can be valuable in diagnosing lung cancer but miss up to 25% of tumors. A computed tomography (CT) scan may be needed. In one study, one-third of people who were diagnosed with lung ...

Jan. 9, 2025 — Researchers have shown that a test called ORACLE can predict lung cancer survival at the point of diagnosis better than currently used clinical risk factors. This could help ...

When abnormal tissue has developed near to the chest wall ... doctor inserts a needle into the lung through the skin, using either an imaging scan, such as a CT scan, for guidance.

A chest X-ray or computerized tomography (CT) scan can identify areas of fluid or lung infection (e.g., pneumonia or a lung abscess). Infections can cause severe chest congestion that makes it ...

According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer in the United States. “This is our low-dose CT scanner, which allows us to get the images of the chest as ...

Axial and coronal unenhanced thin-slice chest HRCT scans (A and B, respectively) in a 25-year-old male cannabis smoker, showing a large (5 cm) bulla (white arrows), sharply demarcated by a thin wall ...

Dr. Watanabe and his teams from Niigata University have revealed that PET/CT image analysis using artificial intelligence (AI) can predict the occurrence of interstitial lung disease, known as a ...