36 h. ago Nine small health issues that could be an early sign of lung cancer

As the NHS offers a ‘revolutionary’ blood test, here are some signs you could have lung cancer

Science

36 h. ago New research links household air pollution to lung cancer and heart disease

Household air pollution rarely dominates headlines, yet it claims millions of lives each year

Society

41 h. ago New research links household air to lung cancer and heart disease

Household air pollution rarely dominates headlines, yet it claims millions of lives each year

Society

51 h. ago Massachusetts issues warning after state records first case of incurable fatal lung disease

The confirmation of Massachusetts' first case of an incurable lung disease in a countertop maker led health officials to urgently warn the industry about the fatal risk of inhaling toxic dust.

Events

8 d. ago Jane McDonald says 'not a day goes by where I don't think of Eddie' as she opens up on missing her late partner and dealing with grief after he died from lung cancer

Jane McDonald has said there's not a day that goes by that she doesn't think of her late partner, Eddie Rothe. 

Events

8 d. ago PC Sharon Beshenivsky's murderer who was on the run for 15 years died in jail from lung cancer after less than 12 months behind bars, inquest hears

Piran Ditta Khan, 76, was jailed in May last year for the murder of the West Yorkshire Police officer but died in February at HMP Wakefield.

Events

9 d. ago Scientists working to 'cure cancer' in new Channel 4 show share 'exciting possibilities'

The three-part documentary follows experts developing a lung cancer prevention vaccine, blood tests to detect cancer early, and new brain cancer treatments

Science

1 week ago Esther Rantzen plans early Christmas to give her chance of being ‘alive’ for it

The Childline founder and former broadcaster was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in January 2023.

Politics

1 week ago Dame Esther Rantzen's heartbreaking reason for celebrating Christmas early this year

Dame Esther Rantzen has been battling incurable lung cancer for nearly three years and has been campaigning to legalise assisted dying since her diagnosis

Politics

1 week ago Dame Esther Rantzen to celebrate Christmas early for heartbreaking reason

Dame Esther Rantzen was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer in January 2023 and assumed she'd "fall off [her] perch in weeks." And now the TV presenter has made a heartbreaking admission

Politics

1 week ago Dame Esther Rantzen gives heartbreaking update on cancer battle as she admits she's celebrating Christmas early so there's 'more chance I'll be alive'

The journalist, 85, was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2023, and at one point was told she had just weeks to live.

Events

1 week ago Esther Rantzen 'being attacked by new kind of cancer' in heartbreaking update

Dame Esther Rantzen has given a devastating update on her health, revealing her decision to celebrate Christmas with her family after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2023

Events

1 week ago Dame Esther Rantzen's sad admission about having her family Christmas early this year

When Dame Esther Rantzen, the journalist and TV presenter, was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer in January 2023, she assumed she'd "fall off [her] perch in weeks"

Events

1 week ago After a career as an environment writer, here’s what I have learned

Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it wellPaul Brown was the Guardian’s environment correspondent from 1989 until 2005 and has written many columns since. He submitted his last column last week after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. From his hospital bed in Luton, Paul offers his reflections on 45 years writing for the Guardian.We, in the climate business, all owe a great deal to Mrs Margaret Thatcher. Her politics were anathema to me and to many Guardian readers. But she prided herself on being a scientist before she was a politician. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago ‘I have watched politicians failing yet and yet again’: lessons from a life as an environment writer

Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it wellPaul Brown was the Guardian’s environment correspondent from 1989 until 2005 and has written many columns since. He submitted his last column last week after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. From his hospital bed in Luton, Paul offers his reflections on 45 years writing for the Guardian.We, in the climate business, all owe a great deal to Mrs Margaret Thatcher. Her politics were anathema to me and to many Guardian readers. But she prided herself on being a scientist before she was a politician. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago World's first lung cancer vaccine to enter clinical trials... but quitting smoking is still recommended as top way to avoid developing the disease

Patients at high risk of potentially deadly lung cancer will soon be able to receive the world's first ever vaccine designed to prevent the disease.

Science

2 w. ago Man who cryogenically froze his wife so he could resurrect her finds new girlfriend

Gui Junmin made headlines in 2017 when he decided to freeze his wife Zhan Wenlian's body after she died from lung cancer, hoping that one day technological advancements would bring her back to life

Politics

2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer reveals death of his brother Nick hit him 'like a bus' as he opens up about grief on TOWIE star Pete Wicks' podcast

The Prime Minister revealed that for 18 months, he was smuggled in and out of the hospital for secret visits to see his brother Nick, who was battling lung cancer .

Events

3 w. ago Cancer Detectives: Finding the Cures review – this vaccine documentary is so inspirational it’ll make you weep

The tale of Prof Sarah Blagden’s attempt to find a treatment that stops the disease is the rarest of things – TV that makes you dare to hopeCancer Detectives: Finding the Cures should come with a rare warning: may make you feel hopeful for humanity and marginally less convinced that we are all willingly leaping into a handcart and smoothing our own paths to hell.This is an hour that outlines the work being done to create vaccines against cancers. Lung cancer, specifically, at the moment – 50,000 cases of which are diagnosed each year in the UK and which is the most common cause of cancer-related death – but with the potential to prevent many more types in the future. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago The man who froze his wife and got a new girlfriend: a stranger, sadder tale than I expected | Imogen West

The story has sparked debates about cryogenics and fidelity. But it also tells us something deeper about our responses to loss One of the last remaining fun things about the internet is getting to pass judgment on the goings-on in households that you would never hear about otherwise. On Reddit, for instance, there is a whole thriving sub for just this purpose called Am I the Asshole?, where people describe conflicts from their lives and ask strangers to adjudicate on them.This week, a story on the BBC threw up a particularly juicy piece of other people’s business that has been sparking debates on Chinese social media. It starts in 2017, when Gui Junmin decided to cryogenically freeze his wife, Zhan Wenlian, after she died of lung cancer. She was the first Chinese person to undergo this procedure, which was paid for by a science research institute in Jinan, east China, that agreed with Gui to preserve his wife’s body for 30 years. Reports suggest Zhan herself consented to the process...

Politics