The new “lungs in a fridge" tech can keep the lungs intact for up to 18 hours, compared to about four hours when kept on it.

The medical world is celebrating two innovative technologies Northwestern Medicine is using to help give patients a new ...

Last year, surgeons performed 148 lung transplants, the most in a single year since Northwestern's lung transplant program ...

Allison Ciaccio had a respiratory illness that wouldn't go away. Repeated follow-ups found Stage I lung cancer.

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

That made Portillo feel comfortable with her, so she scheduled surgery for two weeks later. Still, Portillo faced some tough ...

When cystic fibrosis hits your lungs hard, hit back. Everything you need to know about getting your lungs back into shape is ...

Medicare beneficiaries with emphysema who received an endobronchial valve vs. lung volume reduction surgery faced elevated ...

Lung-sparing surgery could enhance outcomes for early-stage lung cancer patients by preserving lung function while ...

For patients with advanced emphysema, endobronchial valve placement (EBV) is associated with higher mortality and morbidity ...

For early-stage NSCLC, lobar resection has been the gold standard since 1995 with publication of the LCSG trial. Given that ...