TUPELO — With more lung cancer cases being detected via both incidental findings and early screenings, robotic-assisted surgery can make for an all around better experience for patients. Charles ...

Smoking has health consequences, even after you quit. Screening to detect lung cancer early increases the chances of survival, and a new surgical procedure being pioneered at Duke University Medical ...

Robotic and video-assisted thoracic surgery reduces recovery time for those with lung cancer, allowing some to leave the hospital the day after surgery. Dr. Geoffrey B. Pelz, a thoracic surgeon at ...

Implementing a home-based exercise program alongside management strategies did not improve patients’ self-reported physical function after lung cancer surgery but did enhance exercise capacity, health ...

A recent analysis, evaluating an intervention in which patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) used a wearable device to help monitor exercise post-surgery, found that participants reported ...

The 82-year-old singer credits "pure luck and a great doctor" for finding the cancerous spot early, allowing him to avoid ...

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is a treatment for end-stage lung disease caused by emphysema. Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that causes shortness of breath ...

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, ...