lung cancer Archive — Page 8 of 16

June 8, 2018

$8.1 million grant funds new center to research highly aggressive form of lung cancer

A five-year National Cancer Institute grant will fund an interdisciplinary research center for the study of small cell lung cancer, a highly aggressive, incurable form of the disease.

By Bill Snyder
Dirty glass ashtray filled with cigarette butts and ash, with one cigarette extending over the rim.
May 29, 2018

New research finds lung cancer risk drops substantially within five years of quitting smoking

Just because you stopped smoking years ago doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods when it comes to developing lung cancer.  That’s the “bad” news. The good news is your risk of lung cancer drops substantially within five years of quitting.

By Bill Snyder
Medical illustration of two lungs on a black background, with a red highlighted mass in the upper region of the right lung.
May 24, 2018

New method to thwart false positives in CT-lung cancer screening

A team of investigators led by Fabien Maldonado, MD, associate professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt, and Tobias Peikert, MD, assistant professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, has identified a new technology to address false positives in CT-based lung cancer screening. The study was published in the latest issue of PLOS One.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of an older bald man with a white mustache and goatee wearing a dark sweater, facing the camera outdoors in bright light.
May 22, 2018

Unwelcome Encore

By diana
Smiling woman in a red blazer with her arms crossed, standing before a wall covered with a grid of black-and-white portraits.
May 22, 2018

Combating gaps in cancer outcomes is an out-of-office assignment

By diana
A suited man holding a professional camera in a bright modern glass-covered walkway.
May 22, 2018

Flash Therapy

By diana