As part of a comprehensive lung exam, a doctor may try to listen for various sounds by tapping your back and chest with their hand, which is a test called percussion. If the percussion produces a drum ...

Pulmonary assessment combines history-taking with physical examination maneuvers—inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation—to evaluate lung health and function. Observing breathing patterns, ...

Seeing the doctor when you're sick is a step in the right direction, but it's only a small piece of the wellness puzzle overall. Getting annual checkups reduces your chances of dealing with a chronic ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Hundreds of thousands of Americans will receive a lung cancer diagnosis this year. Alabama’s five-year survival rate is trailing the rest of the county. 21.3% of lung cancer ...

Phase II trial: Concurrent chemotherapy and radiotherapy with nitroglycerin in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting ...

Factors associated with adherence to chemotherapy guidelines in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2011 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...