Surgery is a common treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly when the disease is detected early and the tumor is small and is only in one part of the lung. For small cell lung ...
Why Do Some Patients With Early-Stage Lung Cancer Not Receive Surgical Treatment Despite Guidelines?
A retrospective study finds that more than one third of patients with stage I-IIIA non-small cell lung cancer do not undergo ...
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Additional lymph node evaluation needed during surgery to accurately identify lung cancer spread
Breakthrough research presented at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting shows that additional lymph node ...
BOSTON - Patients with lung nodules often have to undergo several procedures including biopsy and multiple surgeries, but a Boston hospital is offering a new approach that allows patients to get ...
Lung cancer varies widely from patient to patient, and that diversity makes it hard to find effective treatments. Researchers ...
A pleurectomy is a surgical procedure to remove part or all of the pleura, a membrane that lines the lungs and chest cavity. The procedure treats empyema — an infection of the pleural cavity — and ...
A new artificial lung system might keep people without lungs alive for weeks. Like real lungs, tubes and pumps oxygenate ...
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Transplant patient survives for an incredible 48 hours without lungs while preparing for surgery
A patient has survived for two days on externally oxygenated blood in the gap between their diseased lungs being removed and ...
The team's total artificial lung system, or TAL, bought the man precious time until a double lung transplant was viable.
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