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 ...

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 ...

A new pill has kept lung-cancer patients free of the disease after surgery in a major clinical trial, offering a fresh option ...

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 ...

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

Kellie, who is the wife of AFL star Jeremy Finlayson, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2021 that has metastasised in her ...

A pleurectomy is a surgical procedure to remove part or all of the pleura, a membrane that lines the lungs and chest cavity. The procedure treats empyema — an infection of the pleural cavity — and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Surgeons at Cleveland Clinic recently completed the health system’s first successful robotic lung ...

Lung cancer patients hadn't been seen as candidates for organ transplant. Now a study finds patients did well.

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States and older adults are at higher risk. But only ...