lung cancer

  • The Pandemic Has Made Lung Cancer Research More Difficult

    The Pandemic Has Made Lung Cancer Research More Difficult

    A new study out Thursday highlights one of the indirect harms of the pandemic: Scientists are having trouble recruiting volunteers for their lung cancer research. The research found that enrollment in clinical trials declined by 43% in 2020 compared to the year before, forcing researchers to come up with some creative ways to reduce attrition as…


  • Dogs Suck At Sniffing Out Lung Cancer

    Dogs Suck At Sniffing Out Lung Cancer

    A team of European researchers put six highly-trained sniffer dogs to the test to see if they were any good at detecting lung cancer. The results were surprisingly bad, but the scientists say factors other than the canine sense of smell were responsible for the poor performance.