Lung cancer surgery is the primary form of treatment for most cases of early stage lung cancer. Surgery is particularly effective in cases where the tumor hasn’t spread. It can help treat the cancer, ...

LUNG CANCER AND WOMEN: Once thought to be a male predominant disease, lung cancer is now killing more women than breast, ovarian and cervical cancers combined. Researchers say because the cancer was ...

The traditional treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer is a lobectomy, where a surgeon eradicates cancerous tissue by removing an entire lung lobe. Yet, new research finds that select ...

Parkridge Medical Center recently performed Chattanooga’s first robotic-assisted lobectomy (removal of a portion of a lung). When James “Jimmy” Howard went to his physician regarding an issue with a ...

Dr. Benny Weksler is helping patients breathe a little easier. As system chief of thoracic surgery at Allegheny Health Network, the Edgeworth resident leads the lung cancer lobectomy surgery program, ...

A jury found no negligence by a thoracic surgeon who performed a lobectomy on a patient who had been diagnosed with lung cancer. On Dec. 1, 2016, plaintiff Jerry Blush, 61, underwent a right lower ...