Tag Archives: Lung
28
Jun
How Genetic Mutations Affect Your Lung Cancer Risk
DNA gives your cells instructions based on the order of its nucleotides. When these building blocks are out of sequence or damaged, a g...
28
Jun
Your Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Team
Metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) can affect every part of your life: your health, your relationships, and even your financ...
27
Jun
Lung Cancer Symptoms in Women and When to See a Doctor
There are two main types of lung cancer — small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) — and each type is furth...
27
Jun
A Sign of Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Finger clubbing is a change in the appearance and feel of the fingernails or toenails. The nail widens and bulges at the cuticle.“The f...
26
Jun
Accepting Help Is a Sign of Strength: Advice for Black Men With Lung Cancer
While lung cancer affects a wide demographic of people — even nonsmokers can be diagnosed — it hits Black men particularly hard. How so...
26
Jun
Palliative Therapy for Metastatic Lung Cancer
Walter Tsang, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist, hematologist, and lifestyle medicine specialist. Inspired by the ancient Eas...
25
Jun
When Lung Cancer Spreads to Your Lymph Nodes: What to Expect
Nimit Sudan, MD, is a hematologist and medical oncologist with UCLA. He is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA and serves as a lead...
25
Jun
What Is Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)?
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a fast-growing cancer that forms in the lung. It's one of two types of lung cancer . The other type is...
21
Jun
Smoking Weed and Lung Cancer: What the Research Says
Recreational use of marijuana has gained a lot of momentum since Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize it in 2012...
21
Jun
What Is Lung Cancer?
Lung cancer is a form of cancer — an out-of-control growth of abnormal cells — that typically starts in the cells lining the bronchi (t...