Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., taking more than 127,000 lives each year. Most lung cancer cases are diagnosed after the disease has already spread, which greatly limits ...

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

K. Adam Lee, MD, Medical Director at the Thoracic Surgery & Lung Center of Excellence at Jupiter Medical Center, is here to share a message that affects every woman. Lung cancer is the leading cause ...

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, ...

This article appears in print in the April 2020 issue as part of the Top Doctors (Cardiology Specialties) cover story. Click here to subscribe. Thoracic and cardiac surgery includes operations ...

Researchers took both the learning curve of the new process and the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration. A new cost analysis found some evidence that the initial increased costs associated with robot ...

Physicians at Atlanta-based Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital have been piloting the use of digital 3D lung models during cancer surgery. The technology aims to make robotic-assisted thoracic surgery more ...

Arthur Gillespie had a double lung transplant after nearly four years of struggling with cancer and COVID damage Northwestern Medicine Chicago police captain Arthur "Art" Gillespie underwent a ...

Physicians specializing in cardiology use a wide variety of surgical and nonsurgical techniques to treat diseases and disorders of the heart, which range from congenital defects—whether of interior ...

By cracking a medical mystery, Northwestern Medicine researchers may be on the cusp of discovering new drugs to treat the ...