Tufts student Billy Senopoulos, plagued by Cystic Fibrosis since birth, is very ill. Senopoulos, 27, needs a complicated lung transplant, which requires finding two separate suitable donors willing to ...

For some patients with non-small cell lung cancer, removing part of the lobe rather than the entire lobe still provides benefit, study results show. Patients with stage 1A non-small cell lung cancer ...

Doctors sometimes recommend lung coils to help someone manage severe emphysema, especially when other treatments have been unsuccessful. Their benefits include increased lung volume, exercise capacity ...

Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment. But even when delivered with precision, radiation can damage healthy lung tissue. “Try as we might, when we deliver radiation to a cancer, ...

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 ...