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 ...

Carter-Bawa is a behavioral scientist and director of the Cancer Prevention Precision Control Institute at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery & Innovation. For years, federal policymakers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . COPENHAGEN, Denmark — In this Healio video, Alissa J. Cooper, MD, a thoracic oncologist at Dana-Farber Cancer ...

From July, eligible Australians will be screened for lung cancer as part of the nation’s first new cancer screening program for almost 20 years. The program aims to detect lung cancer early, before ...

Doctors at Northwestern Medicine said nearly 80% of lung cancer cases aren't discovered until they've reached advanced stages. They say by lowering the age of when to get screened for lung cancer more ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. Lung cancer screening remains strikingly underused, with ...

On the road with a 68,000-pound tractor-trailer that crisscrosses West Virginia, saving lives. On the road with a 68,000-pound tractor-trailer that crisscrosses West Virginia, saving lives. Credit ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A mobile lung cancer screening is visiting southern Indiana this week. IU Health created a mobile health care resource offering low-dose CT scans. The mobile unit is in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Five-year lung cancer survival has improved with increased screening, which has led to more early-stage ...

New evidence from a Chinese cohort presented at the European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC) 2026 shows that one-time low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening can significantly reduce lung cancer ...