A nurse from LeClaire was the first lung-surgery patient to undergo a new procedure at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.

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 ...

Catching a "breath of fresh air" has new meaning for a North Texas woman. For more than 20 years, 62-year-old Joyce Stovall of Mansfield stayed attached to an oxygen tank. She was diagnosed in her 30s ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TORONTO — Thirty-day mortality following lung cancer surgery has greatly decreased in the United States during the past decades, and not unexpectedly, it is lowest in high-volume hospitals, according ...

Lung transplant surgery generally takes eight to 10 hours. It may take longer depending on whether you have had previous chest surgery and if you are receiving two lungs instead of one. You’ll be ...

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 ...

Thoracoscopic lung surgery represents a significant evolution in veterinary surgical practice, offering a minimally invasive alternative to traditional open thoracotomy. This technique facilitates a ...