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For years, lung cancer has carried a familiar image: a long-term smoker developing the disease after decades of tobacco use.

Take a deep breath, recent NIH studies show that 1 in 4 lung cancer cases worldwide arise in people who never smoked, experts ...

Analysis of blood samples identified air pollution-related changes in metabolites involved in inflammation, oxidative stress, ...

A new study, published Tuesday in Nature Communications, found measurable changes in people's blood associated with exposure to air pollution and the subsequent development of lung cancer. The ...

Lung cancer in India is rising not just due to smoking but also from everyday air pollution. Doctors warn that kitchen smoke, ...

Researchers have identified chemical changes in the blood that may help explain how air pollution leads to lung cancer, according to a new study. Air pollution is already known to be a major cause of ...

Worldwide and in the United States, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer and cancer death, and | Cell And Molecular Biology ...

For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's ...

A lung cancer diagnosis can bring a question that is difficult to answer: could anything have been done differently? The ...

Some are organizing and training to advocate for their neighbors; some are trying to change the laws to consider the cumulative burden of pollution.