Subsolid nodules (SSN) can be considered a biomarker of lung cancer risk and should be managed with long-term active surveillance.

By 2030, the number of deaths attributed to lung cancer is expected to double for Latin American women and increase by 50% for men.

The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) announces a significant jump in the 2017 Impact Factor of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO) to 10.336, up from 6.595 in 2016.

The lungs can be a difficult organ to biopsy with a needle, so the promise of identifying lung cancer through a blood-based biopsy has lung cancer experts and patients optimistic.