Findings from a study in mice suggest that using a common artificial sweetener, sucralose, could hamper certain immunotherapy treatments in cancer patients. 

However, for folks reluctant to give up the ubiquitous sweetener, the same team of scientists may have found a way around the problem: Giving mice a supplement that boosts levels of the natural amino acid arginine appeared to ne...

Experts already know that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is bad news for your health, and new research suggests these foods can raise risks for a major killer: lung cancer.

Besides the fact that ultra-processed foods are often high in salt, sugar and fat, people who c...

Powerful new immunotherapies are offering fresh hope for patients with many different types of cancer.

Unfortunately, that hope doesn’t extend to people without health insurance, a new study says.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are revolutionizing cancer treatment by helping the ...

Two drugs used in lung cancer treatment appear to be tripping over each other, reducing patients’ chances for a cure, a new study says.

Corticosteroids are commonly prescribed to alleviate cancer-related symptoms in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, researchers said.

But these ster...

Wildfire smoke could make it harder for people with lung cancer to survive, a new study says.

Californians with lung cancer who breathed smoke from wildfires had a 20% increased risk of dying from their cancer, researchers reported Saturday at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago.

Wildfire smoke contains particle pollution that can get d...

The timing of Cornelia Tischmacher’s pneumonia couldn’t have been worse -- eight months after the Berlin mom gave birth to twins.

But the pneumonia just wouldn’t go away, so Tischmacher went to a doctor in January 2018. Tests revealed that the then-40-year-old had stage 3 lung cancer...

Colonoscopy for younger adults. Chest CT scans for lung cancer. Statin meds to lower cholesterol. Screening for drug addiction.

More than 150 million Americans might lose no-cost access to these and other preventive care services under a case being heard Monday at the U.S. Supre...

Immunotherapy might help keep lung cancer at bay for months or even years after the treatment has been abandoned due to side effects, a new study says.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors essentially take the brakes off the immune system, giving it free reign to hunt down and kill cancer cells.

Unfortu...

Lung cancer screening can save the lives of former and current smokers, but most aren’t taking advantage of it, a new study says.

Fewer than 1 in 5 people eligible for lung cancer screening go through with a chest CT scan, according to research published April 2 in the