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 ...

Getting a diagnosis of lung cancer can be scary, especially when you don't know what to expect. To help, experts will guide ...

CURE spoke with a thoracic surgeon about the impact of minimally invasive surgery for patients. For patients with lung cancer, advancements such as robotic surgery and video-assisted thoracic surgery ...

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 ...

Most lung cancers are classified as either non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) or small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). SCLC is less common but tends to be more aggressive. It’s subdivided into two main types ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. The good news is that early detection ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – World Lung Cancer Day has been observed every year on August 1 since 2012 to raise awareness about the risk of the disease. Cooler start to August in western Massachusetts The ...

Regular postsurgical screening is critical for patients with lung cancer, the United States' second most prevalent type of cancer and leading cause of cancer deaths. In cases involving early-stage non ...

Lung (pulmonary) sarcoma is a rare type of lung cancer. Most lung cancers start in epithelial cells that line your airways, but pulmonary sarcoma develops in connective tissue or other nonepithelial ...