Kathy Griffin Announces She Has Lung Cancer
The 60-year-old posted to social media that she was undergoing surgery to have a portion of her left lung removed.
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The 60-year-old posted to social media that she was undergoing surgery to have a portion of her left lung removed.
Lung cancer is by far the number one cancer killer in the U.S. There have been more than 131,000 deaths this year alone.
CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez spoke with Dr. Joshua Sabari from NYU's Langone's Perlmutter Cancer Center about new lung cancer screenings that could reduce mortality rates.
The key to beating lung cancer is early detection with a lung scan, and a major way to improve the chances of surviving is now free thanks to two New Yorkers.
Studies proved that early lung cancer detection does save lives, but screening costs money and were inconvenient until now.
This new technology tells doctors and the linear accelerator producing the radiation beam, exactly where the cancer is in a patient's lung.
Tiny coils are helping surgeons save healthy lung tissue that would otherwise be removed along with the tumor in surgery.
After treating her for pneumonia, doctors discovered a 44-year-old mother, herself a non-smoker, had stage IV lung cancer.
It sounds like the exact opposite of what you should do: Use a drug found in cigarette smoke to fight lung disease. But that's just what doctors are doing.
Could vitamin B supplements protect against lung cancer? One new study suggests the opposite.
J.P. Parise, a Minnesota North Stars standout who also played for Canada in a landmark series against the Soviet Union in 1972, has died of lung cancer. He was 73.
"Several diagnostic tests have led to a diagnosis of lung cancer. A treatment plan will begin soon and I look forward to its successful completion," she said in a statement on her official website.
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network's recently-released statistics found there will be an estimated 8,800 lung cancer deaths statewide this year.
A Queens woman has created a website that allows users to choose their family. Chooseafamily.com lets users search an online database for the family members that they never had.
Although the research was complex, the goal for one Long Island teenager was simple - to help treat patients with lung cancer.
Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son.
The city's campaign to scare smokers with grotesque images of decaying teeth or a diseased lung wherever tobacco products are sold was struck down Wednesday by a federal judge.
Researchers at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center have discovered a breakthrough experimental treatment for lung cancer.
Marissa Adamo, along with other students at Sacred Heart University, are mounting their "WEAR WHITE" campaign to bring attention to the deadly nature of the disease.
