Restrictive lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis make it harder to inhale air. The diagnosis and treatment for obstructive vs. restrictive lung diseases depend on the cause but can include chest ...

Immunotherapy is a newer class of treatment for lung and other cancers. It primes the body’s natural immune system to fight back against cancer. Immunotherapy has been shown to improve survival in ...

12, 2024 — Researchers examined the impact of obesity in relation to treatment and mortality from data on over 500,000 lung cancer patients. This study suggests that immunotherapy may not be the ...

The Quake has been reported to generate greater mucus displacement than the Flutter or Acapella® devices ... visual evaluation of lung airway patency before and after treatment.

The first patient has been enrolled into the SOHO-02 trial, which will look at the drug’s potential as a first-line treatment for this type of lung cancer, comparing it to the current standard ...

Roche's Alecensa has been recommended for routine NHS use as an adjuvant treatment for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the first targeted therapy for this indication. Alecensa ...

Mutant RAS, they ... Detecting Evidence of Lung Cancer in Exhaled Breath Nov. 6, 2024 — Exhaled breath contains chemical clues to what's going on inside the body, including diseases like lung ...

Treatment approaches for lung cancer are surgery, radiotherapy, and systemic therapy and these are the three modalities most commonly used to treat patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Non-small ...

Lung-RADS ® is a quality assurance tool designed to standardize lung cancer screening CT reporting and management recommendations, reduce confusion in lung cancer screening CT interpretations, and ...