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

Shari Meyerson, M.D. (left) and Mansi Shah, M.D., can offer patients with lung conditions a minimally invasive alternative for their lung surgery. Hilary Brown \| UK Photo. LEXINGT ...

Jimmy Howard was tired of going under the knife by the time he found out he might need another surgery. Howard, 69, had already undergone several vascular procedures when he experienced a cardiac ...

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 ...

A long-term analysis of patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer showed those who received radiation achieved ...

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

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 ...

Duck Dynasty’s Uncle Si Robertson is preparing for lung surgery after a year-and-a-half’s worth of health issues. The 74-year-old seems very excited to have the procedure and says he’ll soon be ...

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) significantly improved lung function in a subset of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), ...

A female infant presented with a month-long history of dry cough, along with two episodes of fever and increased work of ...