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 ...

Doctors at Main Line Health now have a new kind of robotic surgery that makes recovery quicker and easier for lung cancer patients. Traditional lung cancer surgery usually involves some pain and a ...

Ohio University researchers have discovered what may be a new way to fight lung cancer that is resistant to other treatments.

As a nonsmoker lung cancer hasn't been a concern of mine, but I recently heard it can affect people who have never smoked. If ...

Dr. Douglas Wood, Henry N. Harkins Endowed Professor, chair of the UW Medicine department of surgery, and recipient of the UW ...

Results from a phase 3 clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine, today (June 2nd) show that patients with lung cancer who received an immunotherapy drug, nivolumab, along with ...

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 ...

Barry Manilow is on the mend after undergoing surgery to remove cancerous tissue on one of his lungs. “I want to share an ...

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, ...