A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

Hi, I’m Chak Reddy. My job involves using different tools to find and treat conditions—like cancer—in the lungs. Many patients I see are suffering from advanced lung cancer, which means they’ve been ...

Lung cancer is the No. 1 cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Screening with low dose computed tomography (called low dose CT or LDCT) can save lives for people at high risk for this ...

Implementing a natural language processing pipeline to expedite clinical chart review to assess germline genetic testing in veterans with breast cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ...

One thing that can show on a CT scan or X-ray is a degree of haziness referred to as opacity. This can indicate a concern, but your doctor may want more testing to determine the cause of any potential ...