A new study has identified one of the reasons why cancer frequently spreads from elsewhere in the body to the lungs: an amino acid called aspartate. The findings improve our understanding of cancer ...

Lung metastases are a devastating reality for over half of cancer patients whose tumors spread beyond their initial sites. These secondary lung tumors develop in part because of unique conditions ...

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 ...

If you or a loved one has lung cancer, you should know that this raises your risk of getting pneumonia. It’s estimated that over half of people with lung cancer develop lung infections, including ...

Squamous cell lung cancer starts in the squamous cells: thin, flat cells that line the inside of the airways in your lungs. If you're diagnosed after the cancer has spread, it tends to be more ...

Worsening air pollution globally is causing lung cancer rates to rise everywhere. A look at Taiwan, where a majority of new cases affects non-smokers, offers powerful lessons for the rest of the world ...

Inoperable lung cancer may refer to different types of lung cancer that doctors cannot treat with surgery. They may also use the term unresectable lung cancer. Although a diagnosis of inoperable lung ...