Treatment for lung cancer varies according to age, type of cancer, extent of disease, tolerance to medication and patient preference. Treatment options include a combination of surgery, radiation, ...

Dec. 5, 2024 — Improvements in cancer prevention and screening have averted more deaths from five cancer types combined over the past 45 years than treatment advances, according to a modeling study.

Popcorn lung, also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, is a form of lung disease. It occurs when the smallest airways of the lungs, called bronchioles, become scarred, and air cannot pass through.

Research in the Department ranges from the fundamental biology of infectious diseases to the development and application of new approaches to treatment. The Department of Infectious Disease is ...

People with conditions like lung disease or a weakened immune system before inhaling the fungus are more prone to severe symptoms. Both of the men were heavy smokers, both of tobacco and cannabis ...

Symptoms of some of the diseases that mimic lung cancer, such as asthma or acid reflux, are common with many conditions. They can include persistent cough, chest pain, shortness of breath, unexplained ...

Pulmonary fibrosis is an interstitial lung disease. Interstitial lung diseases are a group of conditions that cause inflammation and scarring around the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs. Inhaling ...

Diseases caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM ... are the most common NTM species identified in human infections and in particular in NTM lung disease (3). To date, MAC comprises 12 species, the ...

For example, a five-year survival rate of 40% for a disease would mean that 40% of people, or 40 out of 100 people, are alive five years after being diagnosed. Median survival is the amount of time at ...

TUESDAY, Nov. 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The "brain fog" of long COVID might be due to impaired lung function following a person's infection, a new small-scale study says. Reduced gas exchange ...