Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy before surgery for patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer—the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide—improved long-term survival overall compared with ...

Lung cancer surgery is the primary form of treatment for most cases of early stage lung cancer. Surgery is particularly effective in cases where the tumor hasn’t spread. It can help treat the cancer, ...

Robotic and video-assisted thoracic surgery have revolutionized lung cancer treatment, minimizing trauma and shortening recovery times. Minimally invasive techniques enable complex procedures, ...

Thanks to recent therapy advances, the lung cancer mortality rate has declined and survival rates have improved. Many factors influence the likelihood of a lung cancer cure or long-term survival, ...

In a retrospective study reported at CHEST 2021, the American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting, of the nearly 7,500 patients in the VA health system who were listed as current or former ...

Leslie Stoll developed a blood clot that led to a pulmonary embolism after she broke her leg in 2014. The embolism was treated, but another occurred when Stoll had surgery on her foot years later.

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are already compromised, so the prospect of removing all or part of a lung is especially daunting for these patients if they are also ...

Surgery is a common treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly when the disease is detected early and the tumor is small and is only in one part of the lung. For small cell lung ...