Allison Ciaccio had a respiratory illness that wouldn't go away. Repeated follow-ups found Stage I lung cancer.

On when should a patient get a PET scan for lung cancer evaluation, Dr Mutua says if a chest x-ray or chest CT scan reveals suspicious findings, a PET scan is the next appropriate step.

Yovana Portillo felt stunned that she had lung cancer because she never smoked. But she hopes people realize that lung cancer ...

Lung cancer begins when abnormal cells in the lungs grow uncontrollably, marking it as a critical issue for public health ...

Interstitial lung disease is characterized by scarring ... Watanabe and his team focused on PET/CT scan, a nuclear imaging test that is able to detect inflammation in the whole body.

Major reductions in radiation doses from PET/CT scans can be achieved by modifying the acquisition parameters for CT. Conventional radiographic examinations such as chest, abdominal and bone X-rays ...