Healthcare News
What is the link between smoking and COPD?
Source: Medical News Today
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a serious lung disease that can cause a person to experience breathing difficulties. Cigarette smoking can cause COPD and can seriously damage the lungs.
New robotic platform offers diagnosis and removal of lung cancer during single surgery
Source: Medical Xpress
The procedure, known as robotic-assisted bronchoscopy, allows for the diagnosis and removal of a lung cancer mass during one surgery. It reduces anxiety and unnecessary waiting time for patients.
Study reveals imaging approach with potential to detect lung cancer earlier, at the cellular level
Source: Medical Xpress
Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania have found a way to identify lung cancer at the cellular level in real time during a biopsy, offering promise in the ability to detect the disease earlier and with more confidence.
Almost two thirds of thoracic oncologists used telehealth for the first-time during pandemic: IASLC survey
Source: Medical Xpress
Nearly two-thirds of thoracic oncologists surveyed indicated they used telehealth tools for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report issued at the IASLC 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer.
Esophageal adenocarcinoma cases have tripled in younger people over past 30 years
Source: Medical Xpress
Esophageal cancer cases have tripled in under 50s over the past 30 years, a new study presented today at UEG Week Virtual 2021 has found.
