Lung and thoracic cancers are rising rapidly in India with a sevenfold increase since the last decade. Nearly three-quarters of patients are being diagnosed only after they reach an advanced stage.

For patients with early-stage lung cancer, the journey from diagnosis to treatment often involves multiple procedures spread across several weeks or even months. During that time, patients may undergo ...

Surgery is a common treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), particularly when the disease is detected early and the tumor is small and is only in one part of the lung. For small cell lung ...

Lung wedge resection is surgery that removes a small, wedge-shaped piece of lung tissue. It can treat early stage lung cancer or help doctors diagnose suspicious lumps or shadows on the lungs, visible ...

Lung cancer incidence decreased 3.5%/year in males and 1.9%/year in females during 2018–2022, alongside a two-thirds increase ...

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 ...

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, shedding light on the most common cause of cancer diagnoses and death in the United States. The National Cancer Institute estimates more than 226,000 patients ...

Natera and its collaborators recently presented four abstracts at the IASLC 2026 World Conference on Lung Cancer, including ...

Sunil Singhal, MD, explained how a fluorescent dye technology helps surgeons see and remove tumors more completely. Although cancer surgery can treat patients with solid tumors, surgeons can leave ...