CLEVELAND, Ohio — Traditionally, surgeons want lung cancer patients to quit smoking at least a month before surgery, but a recent study from the University of Cincinnati suggests that surgery may still be an option for patients who can’t quit.

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 in imaging scans. Wedge resection may be effective in ...

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 cancer (SCLC), physicians rarely use surgery because by ...

The baby was diagnosed during pregnancy with Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM), a rare lung defect.

I had no family history of lung disease, was a non-smoker and was only 39, so the pulmonologist thought it was very unlikely I had cancer,” Brittany said. Deciding to err on the side of caution, she scheduled an appointment for a biopsy.

A CT scan image shows a suspected lung cancer nodule that later turned out to be a chili tip lodged in the lung. Photo: Screenshot from the official WeChat account of Xi'an Intern