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 ...

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 ...

A new method of scanning lungs is able to show the effects of treatment on lung function in real time and enable experts to see the functioning of transplanted lungs. This could enable medics to ...

There are two main types of lung cancer: small cell and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Non-small cell lung cancer, the more common and slow-growing of the two, consists of different subtypes, ...

There is less distortion of cell structure and less cell loss (especially the selective loss of lymphocytes) when the original sample (before centrifugation and resuspension) is used for the ...

Lung cancer liver metastases are tumors that form in the liver from cancer cells that have broken away from the primary cancer. Metastasis may also be simply referred to as cancer spread. If you have ...

Smokers' airways are hyper-reactive, meaning they sometimes can be hyper-responsive to non-noxious stimuli also, and smoking ...

Smoking can cause lungs to look blackened, inflated, and inflamed, but some of the damage is reversible. Depending on the extent of the damage, it could take years for your lungs to regain a ...

After your final cigarette, your lungs start working to clean themselves. Some habits, like exercise and avoiding pollutants, may help support your lung health. If you’ve recently quit smoking ...

When Laura Sadofsky, PhD, a senior lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Hull, Hull, England, began looking at the effects of microplastic exposure on respiratory health 6 years ...

Although some people may consider vaping a better alternative to smoking, it can still lead to lung damage. Scientists are still investigating the effects of vaping and whether lung damage may heal.

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