Lung cancer affects non-smokers, with 25% of patients having never smoked, highlighting the need for awareness of persistent symptoms and environmental risk factors. Genetic testing is essential for ...

The Lung Cancer Genetics Study aims to identify genetic variations linked to lung cancer, enhancing risk assessments and treatment strategies. Collaboration between 23andMe and lung cancer advocates ...

Lung cancer is tied to tobacco smoking in the public consciousness, but a significant proportion of cases are driven by factors like indoor and outdoor air pollution or ancestral genetic variants.

Cancer is not a welcome diagnosis, but breakthroughs in genetic sequencing and immunotherapy are making some cancers easier to treat than others. A local father and grandfather was told he had ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an Amgen Inc drug for non-small cell lung cancer with a specific mutation in a gene known as KRAS in patients whose disease has worsened after ...

A prominent Canadian neurologist says he has found a safe way to stimulate the growth of bone marrow stem cells, which he hopes could prove an effective therapy for ALS. He says that stimulating stem ...

Smoking can cause lung cancer. But not all smokers get lung cancer, and about 25% of all lung cancer patients have never smoked, showing that some other factors beyond just smoking are at work. New ...

23andMe Research Institute, Troper Wojcicki Philanthropies (TWP), and Lifebit today announced the official launch of an open-source data platform for the Lung Cancer Genetics Study. Launched in 2024, ...