Clara Mae Cirk finds it challenging to identify as a "survivor" due to ongoing immunotherapy, despite completing chemotherapy. Social media serves as a therapeutic outlet for Clara, leading to her ...

Thanks to recent therapy advances, the lung cancer mortality rate has declined and survival rates have improved. Many factors influence the likelihood of a lung cancer cure or long-term survival, ...

This fact sheet explains how lung cancer is staged, and what each stage means. Lung cancer staging can be complex, but this fact sheet is intended for patient education. Our easy-to-read fact sheets ...

Lung cancer affects non-smokers, with 25% of patients having never smoked, highlighting the need for awareness of persistent symptoms and environmental risk factors. Genetic testing is essential for ...

Hoschton resident Joanne Cure survived stage 4 lung cancer after being given two years to live. Her treatment included surgery and targeted therapy for an EGFR gene mutation. Now 78, Cure says her ...

Lung cancer patients receiving immunochemotherapy earlier in the day had a 52% lower risk of progression in a new medical ...

When Leslie Keebler contracted the flu last winter, early-stage lung cancer was not on her radar. The 62-year-old from ...

LIKE many women after giving birth, Gini Harrison was in pain. It was confined to her shoulder, so she assumed she’d just ...

“Lung cancer, though common and serious, still has many misconceptions,” says Ian Bostock, MD, a thoracic surgeon at Miami Cancer Institute in Florida. “Clearing these myths helps patients and ...