Lung Cancer Diagnosis

After ruling out other conditions, your doctor may order imaging studies, blood tests, and biopsies to make a lung cancer diagnosis. Learn what to expect.
Lung X-ray for lung cancer
Misdiagnosed Lung Cancer and the Cost of Diagnosis Delays
Laboratory professionals doing blood tests
Can Lung Cancer Be Detected Through Blood Tests?
doctor team x-ray
Stage 1 Lung Cancer: Overview and More
Lung cancer scan
What Are Lung Neoplasms?
Doctor talking to a patient receiving treatment
Stage 4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Staging, Treatment, Prognosis
Senior man having his heart examined with stethoscope in hospital.
Stage 3A Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Chest X-ray showing stage 2 lung cancer
What Is Stage 2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Doctor and patient discuss diagnosis
What Is Metastatic Lung Cancer?
a doctor showing a patient her tablet
Lung Cancer Screening Benefits and Risks
tuberculosis granuloma, one of many types of granulomas found in the lungs
What Is a Lung Granuloma?
lung cancer
What Is KRAS-Positive Lung Cancer?
Doctor delivering diagnosis to patient in exam room
Stage 3B Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Male doctor examining patient in hospital gown
What Is Thoracentesis?
Doctor with radiological chest x-ray film for medical diagnosis on patient's health on asthma, lung disease and bone cancer illness
What's the Average Age for Being Diagnosed With Lung Cancer?
Older woman sitting on park bench coughing into elbow and holding a tissue
What Is Early-Stage Lung Cancer?
doctor pointing out a benign lung tumor on chest X-ray
Benign Lung Tumors
doctor looking at a chest x-ray as a step in diagnosing lung cancer
How Lung Cancer Is Diagnosed
Chest CT showing a primary lung cancer
Primary and Secondary Lung Cancer
Doctor comforting patient
Your First Steps When Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
Doctor showing patient test results
An Overview of Lung Cancer Stages
Chest X-ray
Use of Chest X-Ray in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
Doctor pointing out a finding on a chest X-ray
What Are Neuroendocrine Lung Tumors?
Liver cancer
When Lung Cancer Spreads to the Liver
Man smoking a cigarette in a park and coughing, on a spring day
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lungs
Doctor and patient
What Is a Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Biopsy for Lung Cancer?
Doctor with endoscope
Types of Lung Biopsy
Woman smoking a cigarette
What Percentage of Smokers Get Lung Cancer?
doctor talking with a patient about chest CT scan
What Is Limited-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer?
Doctor comforting patient in hospital bed
What Is a Mediastinoscopy?
Female doctor talking with mid adult couple in clinic
Understanding Your Lung Cancer Pathology Report
doctor dispensing a medication implying a treatment is available
Treatment Options for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Radiograph showing metastatic cancer to the lungs
How Metastatic Cancer to the Lungs Differs From Primary Lung Cancer
Nurse examining a chest x-ray with a shadow on the lung
What Does It Mean to Have a Shadow on the Lung?
woman touching shoulder
What Is a Pancoast Tumor?
Woman doctor discussing about problem in lung disease of Asian Elderly patient.
Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer
diagram of the lungs with a tumor
What Is Stage 0 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer?
A patient undergoing a CT scan.
What Is CT Lung Cancer Screening?
Doctor talking to senior man
What Is Lung Cancer Recurrence?
Spine metastasis (cancer spread to thoracic spine)
When Lung Cancer Spreads to Bone
Doctor examines neck of female patient
What Happens When Lung Cancer Spreads to Lymph Nodes?
Pulmonary hamartoma
What Are Hamartomas?
adrenal glands, a common site of lung cancer metastases
When Lung Cancer Spreads to the Adrenal Glands
Common Causes of Lung Pain
Causes of Lung Pain and Treatment Options
Human Respiratory System Lungs Anatomy
What Is an Endobronchial Ultrasound?
Scientist conducting the process of Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify DNA by using a thermocycler to create samples
Genetic Testing for Lung Cancer
Mature Male Doctor Using A Digital Tablet For His Diagnosis.
An Overview of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma Lung Cancer
Serious surgeon talking with senior patient lying on bed in hospital ward
Unresectable Cancer: Reasons and Exceptions
illustration of the lungs and bronchi
What Is Bronchoscopy?