Dr. Christopher Ellington, a thoracic surgeon at Ascension Sacred Heart, is the only doctor in the Pensacola area performing ...

Physicians follow guidelines to inform lung cancer treatment options. The guidelines are developed by experts in the field and informed by data. Medical guidelines are often updated as new data is ...

Although lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer-related deaths in the nation, much about the disease remains shrouded in complexity. Yet, the physicians at FMOL Health | Our Lady of Lourdes in ...

In A Nutshell A handheld breath sensor read eight chemicals and flagged lung cancer risk in a 67-person study. Accuracy was 85.71% using the device alone and 92.86% when paired with GC–MS in analysis.

Objectives To examine the accuracy and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) software assistance in lung cancer screening using CT. Methods A systematic review of CE-marked, AI-based software for ...

VALDOSTA — SGMC Health recently launched a Lung Nodule Clinic, a specialized center dedicated to the timely evaluation and treatment of pulmonary nodules, often the earliest indicators of lung cancer.

Getting a good look inside the lungs for diagnosis has always been tricky. Traditional methods could only go so far, leaving doctors guessing about what was happening deep inside. But now, things are ...

Most lung cancer in the U.S. is diagnosed at Stage 4, after the leading cause of cancer deaths has spread to other parts of the body. However, a Maryland health system is outpacing national averages ...

For biopsy of indeterminate lung nodules, navigational bronchoscopy was on par with transthoracic needle biopsy and led to fewer complications, the VERITAS trial showed. Procedural complications ...

Background: CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy (PTNB) is still the main way for obtaining pathological diagnoses of pulmonary nodules. However, the small size and respiratory-induced ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — When Shelia Binion went to UK St. Claire for a lung biopsy, it happened to be on her birthday. Binion had undergone a CT scan for a breast abscess that happened to also reveal a lung ...