Advances in surgery and a clearer understanding of early stage lung cancer are improving outcomes for many patients. Dr. Nabil Rizk, chief of thoracic surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center ...

Some patients having surgery for early-stage lung cancer may no longer need to lose an entire lobe of their lung, new research shows. The study results are from a Phase 3 clinical trial sponsored by ...

A 75-year-old man with non-small cell lung cancer shows radiologic enlargement after neoadjuvant therapy; however, ...

It’s hard for me to believe that on Friday, I had the upper lobe of my cancerous left lung removed, went home the next day, and am back to work, Tuesday. It shows what medical device and ...

The lungs are a pair of spongy organs in your chest. The right lung is bigger than the left lung. Each lung is divided into smaller parts called lobes. The right lung has three lobes, and the left ...

The traditional treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer is a lobectomy, where a surgeon eradicates cancerous tissue by removing an entire lung lobe. Yet, new research finds that select ...

Turkey: A new case report published in BMC Surgery has demonstrated an innovative use of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) to ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...