Lung transplant involves the removal of the damaged lung and replacement with a new healthy organ. To do the surgery, the doctor makes a cut in your side about 6 inches below your armpit. This cut is ...

Among patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer, long-term survival was better with lobectomy or segmentectomy vs.

Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy is a pulmonary lobectomy procedure that is performed by a ... The procedure is performed with general anesthesia using a special endotracheal tube that allows ...

Yovana Portillo felt stunned that she had lung cancer because she never smoked. But she hopes people realize that lung cancer can happen to anyone.

W. Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, professor of thoracic surgery, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, West Virginia University. "Lung transplantation is not always a durable solution because of ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday for the fourth time since being elected in 2013, after he was diagnosed ...

Using robotic surgery to reduce recovery times Ciaccio planned to receive care for her lung cancer in Princeton, New Jersey, but a friend advised her to see Dr. Robert Cerfolio at NYU Langone.

No treatment for lung cancer today gives us significantly better chances of survival than chest surgery from 60 years ago, according to a medical historian from The University of Manchester. Dr ...

US track and field athlete Elly Henes’ career came to a temporary halt when she had to undergo lung surgery. Overcoming that, she has staged an inspiring comeback lately. The 25-year-old was met ...

Tess delivered at full term on Nov. 8, giving birth to a healthy baby boy. One shunt came out during delivery, and the other ...

With 44,000 new diagnoses each year, non-small cell lung cancer is the second most frequent neoplasm in Italy after breast ...