Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are associated with an increased risk for lung cancer but not overall cancer among older patients in the United States with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), according to study ...

This trial was sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and its publication in 2011 provided, for the first time, level I evidence that LDCT screening can reduce lung cancer-specific mortality ...

Patient and caregiver engagement interventions show significant potential for improving lung cancer outcomes, according to a systematic review in Lung Cancer.

Your chances of getting any type of cancer increase with age. Lung cancer is no exception. Most people who have it are 65 or older. The average age at diagnosis is 70. It’s rare to get lung ...

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Miriam Alexander about advances in lung cancer treatment in recent years. Dr. Alexander ...

Since 2013, guidelines have recommended using low-dose CT chest scans to screen for lung cancer in older heavy smokers. But those guidelines were updated in 2021 to start screening at 50 instead ...

Lung cancer screening has the potential to catch lung cancer early and save lives -- but only if people get screened. Although lung cancer screening is recommended in the U.S. for certain individuals ...

There's a significant rise in lung diseases amongst elderly people in India and all ... emphysema, and lung cancer. The effect of smoking is similar to people who indulge in passive smoking.

For this study, researchers selected individuals aged 18 years or older who received curative-intent lobectomy or pneumonectomy for stage I-III non-small cell lung cancer between 2004 and 2021 ...

Compared with same-aged adults who are cancer-free, older adults with cancer have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer disease and related dementias.

In these older patients, overall mortality rates from ... up 2% in men and 3% in women. In women, lung cancer is also predicted to rise by nearly 4%, and bladder cancer will rise by nearly 2% ...

Since 2013, guidelines have recommended using low-dose CT chest scans to screen for lung cancer in older heavy smokers. But ...