(Reuters Health) - Current smokers diagnosed with colorectal cancer are more likely to die from it than former smokers or people who never tried cigarettes, a recent study suggests. Researchers ...

A new study co-authored by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Jessica Burris, Ph.D., Timothy Mullett, M.D., and Graham Warren, M.D., Ph.D., shows that making smoking cessation ...

LIMA — Pulmonologist Dr. Katie Capp warns her patients that cigarette smoke is the leading cause of preventable death ...

A study has found that even after just two years of quitting smoking, the risk of developing lung cancer begins to decrease ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dame Esther Rantzen, who is a non-smoker, was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023. (Getty Images) (Max Mumby/Indigo via ...

Scientists may have found a way to tell which smokers are at highest risk of developing lung cancer: measuring a telltale genetic change inside their windpipes. A test based on the research is being ...

Scientists conducting genome-wide association studies have found a region on chromosome 15 associated with the development of lung cancer. The studies may help to explain why some smokers get lung ...

Cigarette smoking is by far the biggest risk factor for lung cancer, data shows — but in a surprising turn of events, the most common form of the disease is primarily found in non-smokers. Researchers ...