A severe case of COVID-19 or influenza could increase the risk of lung cancer later on, according to new research. Scientists ...

Severe COVID-19 and influenza infections prime the lungs for cancer and can accelerate the disease's development, but vaccination heads off those harmful effects, new research from UVA Health's Beirne ...

Learn how severe respiratory illness leaves the lungs vulnerable to cancer, and how vaccines could prevent these vulnerabilities.

It can be surprising to learn that lung cancer can develop in people who have never smoked. In fact, up to 20% of lung ...

Severe COVID-19 and influenza infections prime the lungs for cancer and can accelerate the disease's development, but vaccination heads off those harmful effects, new research from UVA Health's Beirne ...

There was encouraging news last week, that, at long last, deaths related to lung cancer are going down significantly. However, in this week's Moves in Medicine, we look at the new challenge: Why are ...

Lung cancer remains the world’s deadliest cancer, and cigarette smoke is its chief culprit. Chemicals in tobacco, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), damage DNA and trigger the mutations ...

As a nonsmoker lung cancer hasn't been a concern of mine, but I recently heard it can affect people who have never smoked. If ...

Severe Covid or flu may raise the risk of lung cancer risk years later - Lung cancer is expected to kill nearly 125,000 Americans this year ...

In a new study, researchers found that being hospitalized for flu or COVID-19 was linked to a 24 percent increase in later lung cancer risk. Learn how to protect yourself.

Severe COVID or flu may quietly raise lung cancer risk—but vaccines appear to stop the damage before it starts.

A UVA Health study finds severe viral infections can prime the lungs for cancer, but vaccination appears to reduce that risk.