New data from the American Lung Association shows an increase in survival rates for lung cancer patients — jumping 22% over the last five years. The survival rate is now 26%. Christy Fisher says she's ...

Most lung cancer in the U.S. is diagnosed at Stage 4, after the leading cause of cancer deaths has spread to other parts of the body. However, a Maryland health system is outpacing national averages ...

Pennsylvania has seen improvement over the past five years in the diagnosis rate and survivability of lung cancer, but more can be done. These are among the trends examined in the American Lung ...

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SO MILESTONE HAS BEEN REACHED. WHEN IT COMES TO CANCER SURVIVAL RATES, IT’S ALL PART OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY’S MOST RECENT DATA. AND THIS MORNING WE’RE JOINED BY DOCTOR NATHALIE LOUIS WHO IS ...

Five-year overall and lung cancer-specific survival rates were similar for octogenarians and younger patients.

In my first 25 years at WTOP, my reports about lung cancer were primarily stories about famous people who died from the deadliest and second-most common cancer in the U.S. — until I was diagnosed with ...

It's the statistic the Hawkeye State doesn't want to boast about: Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the country. Iowa has the nation’s second-highest age-adjusted cancer rate at 491.8 new ...