My childhood friend just emailed me that she has a 1.1-cm lesion on her lung. It was found on a CT scan. She’s having another ...

The widespread utilization of chest CT scans has increased the importance of the proper evaluation of incidentally found lung nodules. The primary goal in the evaluation of these nodules is to ...

A “lesion” is simply a term that means something doesn’t belong there, but in this case, the suspicion is that it means some ...

An oncologist discusses myths and risk factors, screening methods for high-risk groups as well as treatment options for ...

Determining whether the SPN seen on the chest X-ray or chest CT scan is benign or malignant (cancerous) is important. Prompt diagnosis and treatment of early lung cancer that looks like an SPN may ...

Terrence Wise is the latest inmate subjected to what defense attorneys and judges describe as grievous medical mistreatment ...

Whitaker was 64 when he died in March 2022, more than 20 months after an initial VA hospital CT scan showed a small but suspicious mass in one of his lungs. He had served nine years in the Army ...

Only Ontario, British Columbia and Nova Scotia have formal lung-cancer screening programs and many don’t qualify due to ...

Dr Chris O’Donnell is a necro-radiologist. In layman’s terms, he’s a scanner of the dead. O’Donnell is the man behind the ...

Along with chemotherapy, radiation therapy remains the definitive and standard of care for advanced-stage lung cancer. During treatment, patients routinely undergo PET/CT scans to monitor the ...

My childhood friend just emailed me that she has a 1.1-cm lesion on her lung. It was found on a CT scan. She’s having another ...

the suspicion is that it means some kind of mass. The big concern in a current or former smoker is lung cancer. The appearance of the lesion in the CT scan can help tell what it represents. There are ...