There's big cancer news this month. The American Cancer Society reports that for the first time, the five-year survival rate ...

Some experts are calling for universal lung cancer screening.

The mortality rate for lung cancer continues to decline in the European Union (EU) among both women and men, with quitting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lung cancer rates and deaths have fallen precipitously in recent decades overall — but diagnoses are rising for nonsmokers. (Getty ...

A recent study of 2.9 million participants found a link between quitting smoking before the age of 50 and a significant ...

Quitting smoking within six months after a cancer diagnosis adds an average of two years to a patient's life. With this information in hand, all cancer centers have an obligation to offer ...

The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act of 1965 mandated that all cigarette packages carry a warning: "Caution: Cigarette Smoking May Be Hazardous to Your Health." Nearly 20 years later, ...

Shame can shape how early patients get diagnosed, and how aggressively they pursue treatment, if at all. In a 2014 study, Dr. Carter-Bawa found that lung cancer stigma was tied to patients waiting ...

Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide. Men are around four times more likely to develop it than women, and smoking is the main known environmental risk factor. However, the ...

ROCHESTER — Thursday, Nov. 14 is the Great American Smokeout, an initiative from the American Cancer Society spotlighting the decision to quit using cigarettes. "The decision to quit or want to start ...

Women’s reproductive health is impacted significantly with their busy lifestyles. A few bad habits can discreetly influence the cervix and make it vulnerable to infections, chronic inflammation and ...

Survivors of non-small cell lung cancer are at risk for both second primary lung cancers as well as non-lung secondary ...