Mercy Hospital Fort Smith is introducing robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, offering safer early detection for lung disease.

There are roughly 225,000 new cases of lung cancer every year in the United States. Early diagnosis and treatment play a large role in improving outcomes. A recently developed nasal swab test could ...

(Reuters) - A new diagnostic test from Veracyte Inc could help many people avoid risky and costly invasive lung biopsies at a time when millions of American smokers are eligible for lung cancer ...

CyPath® Lung test supported recommendation for surveillance strategy, rather than subjecting elderly patient to an invasive, risky and costly biopsy procedure Despite a suspicious nodule during a ...

For many people with higher risks of developing cancer, the discovery of a nodule in the lung usually means undertaking a diagnostic journey to determine if it’s malignant or benign through invasive ...

A procedure that can help spot lung cancer early is now available at a hospital, saving patients long trips out of a county.

Three medical societies claim recent studies have overestimated the potential harms from lung cancer screening and may be deterring patients. Not everyone agrees.

Surgery is a common treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly when the disease is detected early and the tumor is small and is only in one part of the lung. For small cell lung ...

World Lung Day is an annual campaign observed on September 25th to raise awareness about lung health and promote better lung care around the world. As we age, our lungs, like many other organs, ...