Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is the uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Originating in the lungs, this growth may invade adjacent tissues and infiltrate beyond the lungs. Lung cancer, the most common ca...

Spirometry Test

The gold standard in lung testing In the same way that blood pressure measurements provide a simple yet effective screening method for cardiovascular disease, spirometry tests can help to unmask t...

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule EpCAM CD326

Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM; CD326) is a cell surface protein that is frequently expressed at high level on most solid tumor types, including prostate, breast, colon, gastric, ovarian,...

Lung biopsy

Lung Carcinoma

First-in-Canada technology helps cancer specialists to better detect lung cancer

BC Cancer Foundation donors support major enhancement to lung cancer care. Lung cancer specialists at the BC Cancer Agency now have access to a three-dimensional navigation system that can enhance dia...

Screening Could Reduce Lung Cancer Mortality

Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in all screening-eligible current and former smokers could potentially avert approximately 12,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the...

Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Urges Family Members To Call Them If Their Loved One Victim Of Lung Cancer Was Exposed To Asbestos In The Workplace-Financial Compensation

(PRWEB) March 15, 2013 The Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center fears tens of thousands of US citizens are diagnosed with lung cancer each year where the cause of the lung cancer was not smoking c...

UK Lung Cancer Patients' Lives At Risk Due To Lack Of Specialist Care Say Experts

There are 'insufficient specialists' to serve the UK's multidisciplinary lung cancer teams (LCMDTs) - and some healthcare professionals still hold a 'pessimistic and outdated' view of what can be achi...

Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center Now Urges Victims Of Any Kind Of Lung Cancer Victim Who Were Exposed To Asbestos At Their Workplace To Call Them About Compensation

(PRWEB) April 05, 2013 The Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center says, "Most everyone has heard of mesothelioma, or they have seen ads on Cable TV for this rare form of cancer. Unfortunately w...

Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center Now Urges All Lung Cancer Victims To Call Them If They Were Exposed To Asbestos In The Workplace-For Possible Significant Compensation

(PRWEB) February 11, 2013 The Lung Cancer Asbestos Victims Center says, "We believe there are tens of thousands of US citizens who are diagnosed with lung cancer right now, where the contribut...

Obesity Complicates Lung Cancer Surgery: Study

FRIDAY, Nov. 30 -- Lung cancer surgery takes longer and is more costly if a patient is obese, a new study shows. Researchers analyzed data from more than 19,000 U.S. patients who had a portion of lung...

Gene variations linked to lung cancer susceptibility in Asian women

An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung canc...

Study Advance of Relationship between HPV and Lung Cancer.

Lung cancer is one of malignant tumors harming human health. Over the past five decades, there is increasing morbidity and mortality of lung cancer which is the leading cause of cancer morbidity and m...

The risk of a second primary lung cancer after a first invasive breast cancer according to estrogen receptor status.

PURPOSE: Lung cancers account for 5 % of second primary cancers after breast cancer. The low overall 5-year relative survival rate of lung cancer makes it a particularly concerning new malignancy for...

Autoantibodies as the early diagnostic biomarkers for lung cancer

EML4-ALK Fusion Gene in Lung Cancer and Its Biological Function.

Current status and prospect of lung cancer gene therapy.