Over half of the patients whose cancer spreads from its site of origin will develop metastases, or secondary tumors, in the lung. It’s known that cancer cells are transported from one part of the body ...

Cancer spreading to the lungs is a common and concerning development in advanced stages of the disease. More than half of people with advanced cancer in other parts of their body eventually develop ...

Cancer is a serious, life-long chronic disease and can hinder one's life expectancy. While there are many regions in one's body where cancer cells can develop, however lungs are a tempting place for ...

An amino acid appears to make the lungs more likely to have cancer spread to them from elsewhere in the body Aspartate triggers a genetic cascade that helps cancer grow aggressively Drugs that block ...

Small-cell lung cancer is an aggressive type of lung cancer. It usually spreads to distant organs before it’s diagnosed. Tumors may double in size roughly every 1–7 months. SCLC tends to be aggressive ...

Lung (pulmonary) sarcoma is a rare type of lung cancer. Most lung cancers start in epithelial cells that line your airways, but pulmonary sarcoma develops in connective tissue or other nonepithelial ...

It’s ah-choo much for the body to handle. Viral infections like the flu and COVID-19 can “awaken” dormant breast cancer cells hiding in the lungs, paving the way for deadly metastatic disease, a new ...

Wendy Brooks, a patient with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, and her husband and care partner, Larry Brooks, sat down ...

Thanks to recent therapy advances, the lung cancer mortality rate has declined and survival rates have improved. Many factors influence the likelihood of a lung cancer cure or long-term survival, ...

How Well Does Tagrisso Work for Lung Cancer? The FDA approved Tagrisso based on clinical trials for EGFR-mutated lung cancer in several different scenarios. Tagrisso was studied in people who had lung ...

A New York City woman is using her lung cancer survival story to push for early detection, especially among nonsmokers and those in underserved communities. Colette Smith of the Bronx wrote a message ...

A cough is one of the most common symptoms that sends people to the doctor. As many as 30 million medical visits are related to coughing. Most coughs are caused by upper respiratory infections like a ...