Dr George Owiti, a radiographer at Kericho County Hospital examines the Chest CT results of a patient admitted to the hospital. [James Wanzala, Standard] Despite recent breakthroughs that have ...

NORFOLK, Va. — November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, and lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The disease often goes undetected until it reaches an ...

At 43, Shira Boehler was everything the modern health narrative celebrates: disciplined, active, a 6-mile runner, and ...

Patient case study in which CyPath Lung spared a high-risk patient with a suspicious nodule and elevated risk from an ...

A PET scan — or positron emission tomography scan — is an imaging tool that lets doctors see how well your tissues and organs are working. It’s often used to diagnose and stage various cancers.

Julie Harris had never been tested for lung cancer. A low-dose CT scan, the only recommended screening for adults at risk of developing lung cancer, was not something she’d ever found time to do. But ...

Researchers have developed a bacteria-targeted PET tracer that lights up lung infections in real time, distinguishing pathogens from inflammation. This technology promises earlier, more accurate ...

A new study by researchers at National Jewish Health and collaborating institutions has found that different patterns seen on ...

What started out as a preventative scan turned into a life-changing cancer diagnosis. Now, Shira Kupperman Boehler is trying ...

There is a test that could diminish the toll of the nation’s top cancer killer—if people would use it. Doctors are pushing harder to make that happen. Lung cancer kills upward of 127,000 people in the ...