Lung nodules diagnoses are on the rise. And while some are benign, others can be cancerous. Weekend Extra sheds light on this condition and the innovative diagnostic imaging and treatment options.

About 42% of nonsmokers or former smokers have at least one lung nodule, which is a small mass of dense tissue that may be cancerous, according to chest CT scans performed on more than 10,400 ...

A new study of more than 10,000 non-smoking adults found that solid lung nodules were present in a considerable portion of study participants. Non-smokers are traditionally thought to be at low ...

About Nodify XL2® Lung Nodule Test The Nodify XL2 blood-based proteomic test helps identify patients who have a suspicious lung nodule that is likely benign or at a reduced risk of being cancerous.

“By pre-plotting a path to the nodule that avoids the vasculature and navigating through the lung anatomy with three-dimensional, real-time, fluoroscopic guidance, the Archimedes System ...

A solitary lung nodule (SLN) is seen in 1 in 500 chest radiographs. Benign causes include infectious granulomas and hamartomas, and less commonly, rheumatoid nodules, intrapulmonary lymph nodes ...

Solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs) are commonly identified by chest radiographs and computed tomography (CT). Biopsies are often performed to evaluate the nodules further. An accurate, noninvasive ...

Abstract 7073 Background: The multidisciplinary lung cancer group was established at the Memphis VA Hospital in 2000, and during the first 6 years we followed 1433 patients with suspicious pulmonary ...

SOLITARY pulmonary nodules have caused considerable concern ever since the advent of roentgenography made their detection possible during life. This concern has been heightened in recent years by t ...

The series described below includes 77 cases of asymptomatic pulmonary shadows from the records of the Massachusetts General Hospital from October 1, 1947, through October 1, 1954, in which an ...