Stage IV lung cancer is the most advanced form of lung cancer. At this stage, cancer has spread beyond the lungs and into other regions of the body. Because the cancer has spread, surgery is not an ...

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common kind of lung cancer, making up about 80 to 85 percent of all cases, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). It’s referred to as metastatic ...

Stage 4 lung cancer, also called metastatic lung cancer, is the most aggressive and life-threatening stage of the disease. By this point, cancer has spread from the lungs to vital organs such as the ...

Most lung cancer in the U.S. is diagnosed at Stage 4, after the leading cause of cancer deaths has spread to other parts of the body. However, a Maryland health system is outpacing national averages ...

In my first 25 years at WTOP, my reports about lung cancer were primarily stories about famous people who died from the deadliest and second-most common cancer in the U.S. — until I was diagnosed with ...

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more people across the country die from lung cancer compared to any other type of cancer. It's ...

As Tania Rodrigues drove to work one morning in January 2024, something unusual happened with her vision. “All of a sudden, I was looking through a kaleidoscope or perhaps like a fly’s eye,” the ...

As Tania Rodrigues drove to work one morning in January 2024, something unusual happened with her vision. “All of a sudden, I was looking through a kaleidoscope or perhaps like a fly’s eye,” the ...