A new meta-analysis found that more severe emphysema is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. Findings from a meta-analysis published in Radiology revealed that an individual’s emphysema ...

Lung cancer screening saves lives by detecting cancer early when it is most treatable. But what many people don’t realize is that the same low-dose CT scans used to screen for lung cancer can also ...

New FDA-approved medical treatments can be transformative for patients and families, often providing them with more years to live and an enhanced quality of life. 1 Delivering timely, high-quality ...

Impact and validation of the Clavien-Dindo classification for oncologic surgeries in a high-volume center in Latin America: A single-center retrospective study. Comparison of sarcopenia diagnosis ...

“Emphysema is usually a description of images — CT scan or X-ray — and is only one part of the disease of COPD,” says Uddalak Majumdar, MD, pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. COPD is ...

Subcutaneous emphysema is the medical term for air becoming trapped in tissues beneath the skin. It is rare, but may occur as a result of trauma, injury, infection, or certain medical procedures.

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic adults was associated with death from all causes, chronic ...

Mild paraseptal emphysema may not affect your life expectancy. Medications and lifestyle changes, like quitting smoking, may help prevent progression to severe emphysema, which significantly reduces ...

Bilateral heterogenous emphysema was the most comment presentation in patients referred for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR), based on data from more than 200 individuals presented at the ...

Centrilobular emphysema (CLE) is independently associated with the progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) over time.