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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

Overview
Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a procedure approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for certain people with lung cancer. It is typically used to biopsy a lung or another area in the… read more

Robotically Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS)

Overview
Robotically assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) is a procedure approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for certain people with lung cancer. It is used to facilitate several other different… read more

Radiation Therapy

Overview
Radiation therapy kills cancer cells using high-energy rays or particles. It may be used as the main treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) when the cancer can’t be removed surgically. It may be used… read more

Sleeve Resection

Overview
Sleeve resection surgery is a procedure used to treat certain people with non-small cell lung cancer. Sleeve resection is performed by opening the chest and removing a lobe from a lung, along with some nearby… read more

Segmentectomy

Overview
Segmentectomy, also called wedge resection, is a surgical procedure used to treat non-small cell lung cancer. It is typically performed when lung cancer is in its earliest stages or when a person’s lung… read more

Lobectomy

Overview
Lobectomy surgery, or removing a lobe from a lung, is a treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The left lung has two lobes and the right has three.

What does it involve?
The procedure is… read more

Pneumonectomy

Overview
Pneumonectomy, a surgery to remove an entire lung, is used to treat advanced lung cancer. If cancer has spread through most of a lung, is present in the middle of a lung, or involves an artery or multiple… read more

Radiofrequency Ablation

Overview
Radiofrequency ablation is a treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for people with non-small cell lung cancer when surgery is not an option. It is typically used to treat small… read more

Thoracentesis

Overview
Thoracentesis is a procedure used to remove excess fluid from the chest. In some cases of lung cancer, fluid builds up in the pleural space (the area between the lungs and the chest wall). This condition is… read more