The procedure is performed with general anesthesia using a special endotracheal tube that allows intentional collapse of the lung which is operated ... of resection and cancer-specific outcomes are ...

Even so, there is a high risk of recurrence following stage 3 lung cancer surgery, which decreases survival times. The use of lobectomy (in which a lobe of a lung is removed) tends to afford ...

The early detection of cancer in patients in Sussex has risen to its highest ever level, according to new NHS analysis. Of ...

Lung cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer in China, has only a 19.7% five-year survival rate in the country. The disease in non-smokers is prevalent and younger patients account for an ...

By narrowing their research to overweight and obese individuals, Roswell Park researchers found that metformin might offer ...

NICE recommends that people with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), who are well enough and for whom treatment with curative intent is suitable, should be offered a lobectomy (either open or ...

Our analysis found that on average it takes a doctor 90 surgeries to become proficient using VATS for a complex procedure for lung cancer called a ‘sleeve lobectomy’ 2. We hope with our new ...

The early detection of cancer in patients in Sussex has risen to its highest ever level, according to new NHS analysis.