For patients in the early stage of non-small cell lung cancer, surgical resection yields optimal outcomes. Prior investigations have shown that different resection procedures have very different ...

Evaluation of neoadjuvant “window of opportunity” trials with targeted therapy in patients with surgically resectable non-small cell lung cancer. Multicenter phase II study evaluating docetaxel, CDDP, ...

Promoter Methylation of Retinoic Acid Receptor Beta 2 and the Development of Second Primary Lung Cancers in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Eligible patients had MPM with clinical stage T1-3, N0-2, M0 ...

The video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) approach is widely used for pulmonary lobectomy, but its application for pneumonectomy is much less common and outcomes are ambiguous. To evaluate the ...

This new analysis incorporated 1997-2013 data on patients with a history of surgical resection of stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and their postop complications to evaluate the ...

Diaphragm: Muscular partition between the thorax and the abdomen. Bronchus: Main airway that connects the trachea to the lungs. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): It is a lung disease ...

While lobectomy is the surgical gold standard for early-stage NSCLC, some patients will continue to need pneumonectomy to achieve radical resection. Historically, the use of adjuvant and neoadjuvant ...

Due to the physical, psychological, and socioeconomic consequences of a cancer diagnosis and treatment, people with cancer are especially vulnerable during extreme weather events like hurricanes, ...