BARCELONA, Spain — Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) for the treatment of early lung cancer leads to better in-hospital patient outcomes than open lobectomy without compromising oncologic ...

Every day, 78 Canadians receive a diagnosis of lung cancer, the most deadly form of cancer. Some will have one lobe of a lung removed. The results of a large international clinical study, pave the way ...

In a large international clinical study presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Moishe Liberman, a thoracic surgeon and researcher at the University ...

Background: Postoperative infections, as related to risk factors, in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedures have been studied infrequently. Conclusions: This ...

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 ...

Accuracy of FDG-PET to diagnose lung cancer in the ACOSOG Z4031 trial. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.

Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall survival rate, according to a meta-analysis presented at the ...

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 ...

Pleuroscopy for evaluation of pleural effusions and infections has been performed for centuries and is one of the oldest forms of minimally invasive surgery. The introduction of the double-lumen ...

Some of the most advanced thoracic surgeries are now being performed at AdventHealth Daytona Beach thanks to the expertise of the hospital’s specialized team led by Patrick Mangonon, MD, and the da ...

Thoracoscopic lung surgery represents a significant evolution in veterinary surgical practice, offering a minimally invasive alternative to traditional open thoracotomy. This technique facilitates a ...