Lung Cancer

The case of a 49-year-old, healthy, nonsmoking Florida woman reflects how more research is required to save more lives - even after new data led to a recent change in national screening guidelines.

Florida has three failing grades in the annual State of Tobacco report. About 13% of all Floridians smoke tobacco products.

Florida is failing when it comes to controlling tobacco and preventing smoking, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.

Improving lung cancer outcomes in Black communities will take more than lowering the screening age, experts say. Disparities are present in everything from the studies that inform when people should get checked to the availability of care in rural areas.

While the state ranked below average in screenings, numbers appear to favor patients’ survival rate, according to the The State of Lung Cancer report.

The five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will support the research of Moffitt’s Lung Cancer Metabolism Group, which is working on four projects to develop new therapies.

Among 40 states reporting screening information, Florida ranked last in the percentage of high-risk populations getting screened for lung cancer, the State of Lung Cancer Report shows.

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Florida women are seeing positive advances in health care, including declining mortality rates for heart disease, breast cancer, and AIDS. However,...

Florida women are seeing positive advances in health care, including declining mortality rates for heart disease, breast cancer, and AIDS. However,...

Research finds that more than two-thirds of lung cancer patients who received Keytruda plus chemotherapy would be alive a year later, compared with about half of people who only got chemotherapy.

A South Florida appeals court Wednesday said an $18.5 million damages award against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was excessive in a lawsuit filed by...