When we hear of a lung cancer diagnosis, many of us might assume the patient has smoked at some point in their life. While that can often be the case, it is certainly not always.

Researchers in Boston are on the verge of what they say is a major advancement in lung cancer screening: Artificial intelligence that can detect early signs of the disease years before doctors would find it on a CT scan.

November is lung cancer awareness month, and this kind of cancer is on the rise and is deadly.

Many lung cancers don’t cause noticeable symptoms until they have reached an advanced stage. That’s why early detection is so important.