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The new lung cancer screening program needs to be independently evaluated to keep it on track, and to minimise the harms.

An SPN is surrounded by normal lung tissue and is not associated with any other abnormality in the lung or nearby lymph nodes (small, bean-shaped structures found throughout the body).

Post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis, which involves scarring of the lungs that can worsen over time and may require a lung transplant, affects some patients after infection, according to pulmonologists.

Scars on the lung tissue can cause shortness of breath, fever, and night sweats. Learn more about how scarring occurs and what to do about it here.

This 3-D reconstruction of lung scans reveals damage that has lingered for years in patients who became severely ill early in the pandemic.

Normal lung tissue surrounds this small round or oval solid overgrowth of tissue. It may be a single or solitary pulmonary nodule. Or, you may have multiple nodules.

The fibrotic lung tissue model, Zhao adds, is a powerful new tool that researchers can use to further study tissue- and cell-level interactions in fibrotic lungs. It could also help test new drugs ...

Scientists have long known that air pollution can be linked with an increased risk of lung cancer in people who never smoked, but new research describes one mechanism that might help explain how.

Separating fact from fiction! Doctor debunks common myths about pulmonary fibrosis and shares essential facts to help you understand this lung condition better.

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