OAK BROOK, Ill. – A new study of more than 10,000 non-smoking adults found that solid lung nodules were present in a considerable portion of study participants. Non-smokers are traditionally thought ...

Picture this: Your doctor orders an imaging test like a chest X-ray in preparation for an upcoming procedure, and the results show a small white spot in the center of your lungs—a pulmonary or lung ...

Benign lung nodules can have a few different causes. These include current and past infections in the lungs and inflammation in the body from a condition like rheumatoid arthritis. A lung nodule is a ...

Incidental pulmonary nodules are a common finding on chest imaging, but one program is taking an uncommon approach to managing them. Incidental nodules present a growing diagnostic and management ...

Lung nodules are clusters of cells found during an x-ray or CT scan that appear as more dense or white spots in the lungs. They might surprise you because lung nodules generally do not cause symptoms, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulmonary nodule stability was frequently observed on veterans’ follow-up CT scans. Other findings on follow-up ...

Your chest X-ray shows a nodule. What immediate steps should you take? Lung nodules, also called pulmonary nodules, are small spots or lumps that sometimes show up on a chest X-ray or CT scan. Most of ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old woman in what I thought was excellent health. On a recent coronary calcium CT scan that was ordered because of my age and slightly elevated cholesterol, an ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning tool that estimates the malignancy risk of lung nodules achieved high cancer detection rates while significantly reducing false-positive results. Results ...

According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States and the second most common type of cancer. A promising new approach could change that: advanced ...