A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center finds that ...

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 ...

Lung transplant surgery generally takes eight to 10 hours. It may take longer depending on whether you have had previous chest surgery and if you are receiving two lungs instead of one. You’ll be ...

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

Precision-targeted radiation is proving a match for surgery in early-stage lung cancer, offering patients similar long-term survival with less invasiveness, and potentially transforming how this ...

Lung resection after initial nonoperative treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was safe and led to significantly improved survival in select patients previously treated with nonoperative ...

Vermont Business Magazine Dartmouth Cancer Center achieved a significant advancement in lung cancer care by performing its first combined robotic lung procedure under a single anesthesia. This ...

After a car accident in 2016, Yovanna Portillo, then 34, visited the emergency room as a precaution. Doctors diagnosed her with whiplash from the collision. But one of the scans she underwent detected ...

Tumors can spread from one lung to the other and beyond. How are possible cancer metastases diagnosed in early stages? In 2002, 53-year-old David Sturges made an appointment with a cardiologist to ...