The Latest Breaking News from Lung Cancer

Once asbestos enters the lungs, it doesn’t leave. Its sharp, microscopic fibres scar tissues, trigger inflammation and can cause deadly diseases like mesothelioma, lung cancer and laryngeal cancer. That’s why over 60 countries have banned it – and why the US mostly phased it out.

From July, eligible Australians will be screened for lung cancer as part of the nation’s first new cancer screening program for almost 20 years.

While a persistent cough, chest infections, coughing up blood, breathlessness, and chest pain are well-known signs of lung cancer, the body can also send subtle warnings that are easy to miss.

The actor, best known for playing Harold Bishop on the Australian soap opera, revealed last year that he has a rare form of terminal lung cancer.

The beloved broadcaster and Childline founder, 84, is battling stage 4 lung cancer and recently revealed her time is now ‘extremely limited’

His wife passed away in September 2021 at the age of 74, eight months after being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer

The 84-year-old broadcaster was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023 and, at one point, was given just weeks to live

The former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus shared a lung cancer diagnosis last year

A woman who tragically passed away after being diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 34 has shared the five symptoms she experienced to raise awareness.