A new meta-analysis provided high-quality evidence demonstrating that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) significantly reduces the risk for death by 21% compared with open lobectomy in ...

In patients with pulmonary oligometastases from colorectal cancer (CRC), both stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and surgery led to similar overall survival rates at 5 years. However, those who ...

Multidisciplinary evaluation, including thoracic surgical consultation, is crucial for oligometastatic NSCLC patients to optimize treatment strategies. Lung surgery for oligometastatic NSCLC shows ...

Results from a Phase III clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that patients with lung cancer who received an immunotherapy drug, nivolumab, along with standard ...

Precision-targeted radiation is proving a match for surgery in early-stage lung cancer, offering patients similar long-term survival with less invasiveness, and potentially transforming how this ...

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 ...

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The actress and singer shared a TikTok on Saturday of her sitting in a hospital bed after surgery to remove cancerous cells. "I'm in the hospital, but it's because I had lung cancer surgery yesterday.