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

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in both men and women. Surgery to remove cancerous tissue can be disfiguring ...

Lung cancer surgery invariably influences these perceptions as well. In people who undergo surgery, the perception of quality of life drops dramatically, with 81% reporting poor QoL overall. By ...

Thanks to recent therapy advances, the lung cancer mortality rate has declined and survival rates have improved. Many factors influence the likelihood of a lung cancer cure or long-term survival, ...