For patients in the early stage of non-small cell lung cancer, surgical resection yields optimal outcomes. Prior investigations have shown that different resection procedures have very different ...

This new analysis incorporated 1997-2013 data on patients with a history of surgical resection of stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and their postop complications to evaluate the ...

Promoter Methylation of Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta 2 and the Development of Second Primary Lung Cancers in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Eligible patients had MPM with clinical stage T1-3, N0-2, M0 ...

Cancer or other health problems could lead you and your doctor to decide to remove one of your lungs. In most cases, one healthy lung should be able to deliver enough oxygen and remove enough carbon ...

While lobectomy is the surgical gold standard for early-stage NSCLC, some patients will continue to need pneumonectomy to achieve radical resection. Historically, the use of adjuvant and neoadjuvant ...

The population-based impact of adjuvant chemotherapy (CTx) on outcomes in AJCC6 stage IB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

The lungs may have greater capacity for regeneration in adults than thought, according to a case report of new growth after lung cancer resection. A woman who had her right lung removed at age 33 ...

A 42-year-old woman underwent right pneumonectomy because of extensive parenchymal destruction due to tuberculosis. Five years after resection, she reported increasing shortness of breath, wheezing, ...

Diaphragm: Muscular partition between the thorax and the abdomen. Bronchus: Main airway that connects the trachea to the lungs. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): It is a lung disease ...

Pulmonary resection is the first line of treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also important as part of the management of stage IIIA. In early stages of NSCLC, the ...