CLEVELAND, Ohio — Traditionally, surgeons want lung cancer patients to quit smoking at least a month before surgery, but a recent study from the University of Cincinnati suggests that surgery may ...

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have found that patients who continue to smoke ahead of lung cancer surgery have a higher risk of pulmonary complications, but their ...

The duration of recovery after lung cancer surgery can range from weeks to months, and is generally longer after open lung surgery compared to minimally invasive procedures. Recovery at home involves ...

Before surgical resection of lung tumor, intraoperative biopsy is needed for cancer diagnosis, while current techniques that guide biopsy have limited performance in tumor identification and boundary ...

A drug called selpercatinib cut the risk of early-stage lung cancer coming back by 83% in patients who carry a specific gene.

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

I had no family history of lung disease, was a non-smoker and was only 39, so the pulmonologist thought it was very unlikely ...

Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are already compromised, so the prospect of removing all or part of a lung is especially daunting for these patients if they are also ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., responsible for about 1 in 4, but major advances in screening, surgery and personalized treatment are helping more patients live ...

When Jeanne Szurek, 69, was diagnosed with stage IV epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-positive lung cancer in 2024, she wondered if her two adult children were at a higher risk of developing the ...

Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer diagnosed in the U.S. Just over half of all non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) are adenocarcinomas. Finding out that you're at risk of lung ...