A new report from the American Cancer Association predicts lung cancer will cause more deaths than any other in 2026.

While the statistics remain stark—lung cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide and has the highest death ...

Lung cancer often develops quietly, making it one of the deadliest cancers in the U.S. By the time many people are diagnosed, the disease has already advanced. But in most cases, the body sends ...

Cancer screenings exist to try to detect the disease in its earlier stages, and ultimately to save lives. But screenings for lung cancer—the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide—are narrow, and ...

Conditions other than cancer may cause these symptoms, so if you have any of them, you should not immediately assume you have lung cancer. If you have any symptoms that concern you or if you are at ...

When Donna Rigby began feeling short of breath, she brushed it off. It was springtime, and she figured allergies were to blame. A nagging cough came and went, and sometimes she felt winded just ...

In 2024, Kara Goodwin started feeling a pain in her arm and shoulder that wouldn’t go away. She was diagnosed with bicep tendinitis and frozen shoulder. Doctors thought the resident of Brooklyn, New ...

The Female Asian Nonsmoker Screening Study (FANSS) showed a 1.3% lung cancer detection rate among 1000 Asian women with no smoking history. The findings of FANSS, the largest lung cancer screening ...

Kim Sandler, MD, professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, director of the Vanderbilt Lung Screening Program, and the study’s corresponding author and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Northwestern Medicine is launching a new lung health center to help detect lung cancer at earlier ages. This comes after a new study shows the cancer is impacting young women and ...