LungBlog

BioView Ltd., which develops and distributes automated scanning systems for the detection of cancer, has signed an agreement with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, for the joint development of an early diagnosis system for lung cancer among high risk population groups.

Cancer doctors are doing a better job of keeping people alive, but some physicians, like Patricia Ganz of UCLA, say they need to vastly improve their care for all those survivors.

Blacks who smoke up to a pack a day are far more likely than whites who smoke similar amounts to develop lung cancer, suggesting genes may help explain the racial differences long seen in the disease.

A significant proportion of women with newly diagnosed lung cancer had normal lung function tests.

Using combinations of “smart bomb” cancer drugs that target specific proteins and avoid the indiscriminate cell destruction of chemotherapy may be the wave of the future for cancer patients.

This article concerns women going through treatment for breast cancer and how they felt better when they tried yoga. 

Lung cancer acts differently in women than in men, and major new studies are exploring if estrogen is a key reason.

The next big step in targeted cancer drug development will be combination therapy, according to new data released at the meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

A survey of almost 700 Wisconsin primary care physicians found that only 11 percent would refer a patient whose lung cancer recurred to an oncologist, compared to 25 percent who said they’d refer a patient with advanced breast cancer.

New technology could help doctors detect lung damage in smokers who seem healthy, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.