15-09-28 Patients with recurrent lung cancer have better post-surgery survival rates if their management includes a follow-up programme based on computer tomography (CT) of the chest, according to new findings. The findings, presented at the ERS Internationa...

15-06-02 In a head-to-head clinical trial comparing standard chemotherapy with the immunotherapy drug nivolumab, researchers found that people with squamous-non-small cell lung cancer who received nivolumab lived, on average, 3.2 months longer than those rec...

14-12-17 Given the frequent smog in cities like Beijing, some travel agencies have promoted tours to places known for good air quality like the southern Chinese cities of Guilin, Lijiang and Sanya and overseas destinations of Bali, Maldives and Phuket. These...

14-10-13 UK scientists have discovered that lung cancers can lie dormant for over 20 years before suddenly turning into an aggressive form of the disease, according to a study published in Science today (Thursday). The team studied lung cancers from seven pa...

14-09-28 Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) report improved symptoms and health status when they use a hand-held respiratory device called the Lung Flute, according to a new study by the University at Buffalo. Usually caused by smokin...

14-04-08 Women who have radiotherapy for breast cancer have a small but significantly increased risk of subsequently developing a primary lung tumour, and now research has shown that this risk increases with the amount of radiation absorbed by the tissue. Dr...

13-10-25 Fresh air polluted by exhaust fumes and industrial emissions causes lung cancer, a team of World Health Organisation experts has officially declared. 世界卫生组织的专家们正式宣布，被汽车尾气和工业废气污染的空气会导致肺癌。 Outdoor air pollution was...

13-07-31 South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital since 8 June with a recurring lung infection, continues to show improvement, a government statement says. 南非政府发表生命，称前总统纳尔逊曼德拉身体持续呈现恢复状态。曼德拉6月8...

12-11-29 Julian Assange, who is living at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, has a chronic lung infection which could get worse at any moment, the country's ambassador to the UK has warned. 厄瓜多尔驻英国大使警告，朱利安阿桑奇患有慢性肺部感染，情况随时可能恶...

12-11-12 An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose（使偏向于） Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung cancer among never-smokers, especially As...