Pulmonary fibrosis is a deadly disease in which the lungs become thickened and scarred, gradually losing their ability to deliver oxygen to the body. Now, scientists at UC San Francisco have ...

Background: Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is one of the most common cancers worldwide and a major cause of cancer-related deaths. The advancement of immunotherapy has expanded the treatment options for ...

New research has identified the mechanism by which air pollution damages the lungs’ self-cleaning system, leaving us vulnerable to infection. In doing so, it has also identified a way to reverse that ...

Survival outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer: Real-world analysis of immunotherapy era vs pre-immunotherapy era, with insights into treatment settings, racial disparities, and socioeconomic impacts ...

A study has shown how lung capacity evolves from childhood to old age. Until now, it was thought that lung function increased until it peaked at around 20-25 years of age, after which it stabilized.

Abstract: The lungs are vital for exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide, providing oxygen to cells for energy production, and removing waste carbon dioxide from the body.They also help filter and ...

Lung cancer is frequently detected in an advanced stage and has an unfavourable prognosis. Conventional therapies are ineffective for the treatment of metastatic lung cancer. While certain molecular ...

Adjuvant therapy with durvalumab, with or without tremelimumab, may have efficacy in patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer who do not have disease progression after standard concurrent ...

A small cell lung cancer (SCLC) misdiagnosis is possible. This can occur because of challenges during the diagnostic tests and because SCLC may share symptoms and causes similar to other conditions.

Doctors typically divide small cell lung cancer (SCLC) into limited or extensive stages, depending on whether the cancer is in one lung, both lungs, or has spread to distant areas. Staging for small ...