We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. A 60-year-old white female presented to the hospital ...

The focus of this case is a 60-year-old man with a history of squamous cell carcinoma of the right lung upper lobe, which was diagnosed 4 years earlier. During an attempted resection, he was found to ...

IT is well established that slowly resolving pneumonias may indicate the presence of underlying pulmonary neoplasms. Even when special studies such as sputum cytology and bronchoscopy are negative, ...

In May 2012, the patient, a 60-year-old female business executive, was found to have a right upper lobe lung mass and multiple bilateral lung nodules on a chest x-ray during a routine annual physical ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Thoracic surgeons were fired up about minimum expectations for surgical lymph node assessment in conjunction with lung cancer resection during a debate at the Society of Thoracic ...

The lungs are divided into sections called lobes. There are 2 lobes in the left lung and 3 in the right lung. The operation to remove the whole lung is called a pneumonectomy (new-mon-ek-tom-ee). Your ...

The lung consists of five lobes. The left lung has a superior and inferior lobe, while the right lung has superior, middle, and inferior lobes. Thin walls of tissue called fissures separate the ...

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, ...