Risk Assessment and Reduction
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Smoking Cessation in Lung Cancer Screening: The Latest Randomized Controlled Trial Evidence
The SCALE trials aim to uncover key elements of successful smoking cessation programs by evaluating various intervention combinations.
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Climate Change-Fueled Natural Disasters and the Impacts on Lung Cancer Care
In our continuing series on role the environment plays in thoracic oncology, Dr. Roselle De Guzman outlines the risks posed by our changing climate and the potential benefits of taking a proactive approach to reduce those risks.
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Healthcare Community Can Still Take Action to Combat Effects of Climate Change
Dr. Leticia Nogueira says the time has come for the lung cancer community to champion environmentally responsible practices that help mitigate cancer risks and outcomes.
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Where There’s Smoke: The Global Threat of Lung Cancer in Patients with No Smoking History and its Implications in Screening
Dr. Lucia Viola says that access to genomic profiling is crucial for gathering information about patients who do not smoke.
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Study Finds Correlations Between Certain Factors, Rates of Nodal Upstaging
Dr. Stella Martinez recently shared the latest data and explored the challenges and opportunities in lung cancer surgery in Latin America.
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Climate Change Increasingly Exposes Communities, Healthcare Systems to Unpredictable Circumstances
The American Cancer Society’s Dr. Leticia Nogueira says lung cancer epitomizes the severe and inescapable threats climate change pose to cancer control activities.
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Positive Impact of Asbestos Bans on Burden of Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer May Take Several Decades
Dr. Li said a considerable global burden of asbestos-related lung cancers and mesothelioma persists, even as beneficial impact of national asbestos bans are awaited.
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Data Link Air Pollution Exposure to Oncogene-Driven Lung Cancer Diagnoses
Dr. Yixian Crystal Chen recently presented results that demonstrate fine particulate matter poses health risks, even for those with no smoking history.
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Climate Change, Pollution, War, and More Increasing Risk, Impacting Management of Lung Cancer Worldwide
Dr. Leticia Nogueira and other experts explored non-tobacco factors that are playing a role in our evolving knowledge during a WCLC 24 plenary session.
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Researcher Reveals How Air Pollution May Cause Lung Cancer
During ESMO Congress 2022, Prof. Charles Swanton shared data that show cells with EGFR and KRAS gene mutations can turn cancerous when exposed to pollution from the burning of fossil fuels.
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