At Keck Medicine of USC, surgeons, oncologists and radiation specialists collaborate closely, ensuring individualized care ...

Large cell carcinoma is aggressive, requiring early detection through imaging and biopsy for optimal treatment outcomes.

Precision-targeted radiation is proving a match for surgery in early-stage lung cancer, offering patients similar long-term survival with less invasiveness, and potentially transforming how this ...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) are both used to treat stage 1 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). While MIS remains the standard of care for patients with ...

Lung resection after initial nonoperative treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was safe and led to significantly improved survival in select patients previously treated with nonoperative ...

Stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer has spread to nearby tissues and lymph nodes but not to more distant tissues. Most people with this stage have lung cancer symptoms. Treatment can depend on several ...

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 metastases are a serious and often advanced stage of cancer, indicating that the disease has spread from its primary site to the lungs. While this diagnosis can be overwhelming, there are several ...

Our study confirms prior research that black patients are less likely to undergo surgical treatment for early stage lung cancer. To further investigate this disparity in surgical resection, we looked ...

Denise Lee grew up in Detroit in the mid-1970s and went to an all-girls Catholic high school. She smoked her first cigarette at age 14 at school, where cigarettes were a popular way of trying to lose ...

Lung (pulmonary) sarcoma is a rare type of lung cancer. Most lung cancers start in epithelial cells that line your airways, but pulmonary sarcoma develops in connective tissue or other nonepithelial ...