Northwestern doctors hope a new study will be a gamechanger when it comes to transplants for people with advanced lung cancer ...

Kaweah Health Medical Center has completed its first robotic lung cancer surgery, marking an expansion of advanced health ...

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a minimally invasive surgical technique doctors use to diagnose and treat various chest conditions. It involves inserting a camera and instruments ...

A landmark Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA suggests lung transplantation can significantly extend survival in ...

David Peterson was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019 after he sought treatment for a cough that wouldn’t go away. While he ...

Lung wedge resection is surgery that removes a small, wedge-shaped piece of lung tissue. It can treat early stage lung cancer or help doctors diagnose suspicious lumps or shadows on the lungs, visible ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Could a lifesaving lung ...

A landmark study from Northwestern Medicine published Wednesday challenges the long-held notion that it's too risky to ...

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 ...

For patients with stage 1 lung cancer, successful surgery is a major milestone, but a lot of stress often follows.

Sandra Champkins hadn’t smoked for 10 years and showed no symptoms of lung cancer when an early screening program detected ...

Lung cancer causes abnormal cells to grow in your lungs. You are at higher risk for lung cancer if you are a current smoker or have smoked regularly in the past. But anyone can get lung cancer. In ...