Chest wall tumors are uncommon; surgical repair involves both resection of the tumor and reconstruction of ... If tests reveal that the tumor is growing into the lung, pulmonary function studies may ...

During a lung segmentectomy or wedge resection, a surgeon will make small incisions on ... with sutures and a drainage tube is typically left in for one night. After the surgery, patients will ...

If you have a lung problem, your doctor may suggest a lobectomy. It’s a surgery to remove a lobe (portion) of your lung. Your lungs are made up of five sections or lobes — three in your right ...

Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, such as lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term survival compared to wedge resection for patients with early-stage ...

Emerging data suggest that SBRT may be comparable with surgery for definitive treatment of stage I NSCLC in certain patients. When is one approach preferred and in whom?

Blood tests may be done prior to a colectomy to understand a person's readiness for surgery and to look for any other issues ...

Complex airway surgery, particularly tracheal/carinal resection and reconstruction, is still considered as the “crown jewel” of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Notably, during these ...

Molecular residual disease precedes DFS events in patients receiving osimertinib, placebo; most events occur after osimertinib discontinuation or completion.

Among patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with resection surgery, those classified as stage I vs. stage III had higher recurrence-free survival estimates 5 years after the procedure ...

Bhubaneswar: A team of doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar, have successfully ...

Despite the high incidence of brain metastasis after resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines do not recommend central nervous system (CNS) ...