If you have a lung problem, your doctor may suggest a lobectomy. It’s a surgery to remove a lobe (portion) of your lung. Your lungs are made up of five sections or lobes — three in your right and two ...
If part of your thyroid needs to be removed in a lobectomy, the remaining gland will likely still be able to fulfill most of the functions of a full thyroid gland. Your thyroid is a small ...
Projected burden of lung cancer and tobacco usage among older adults ≥ 65 in the United States: A CDC WONDER forecasting analysis, 1999–2035. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2026 ASCO Annual ...
Recent randomized trials have profoundly reshaped the surgical management of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer. The ...
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 ...
For patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), lung resections, including lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term survival compared with wedge resection, ...
The legendary singer underwent a lobectomy in December 2025 to treat stage 1 lung cancer Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021. Mat ...
A newly published retrospective study in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery found that lobectomy improved survival in patients with early-stage lung cancer compared with SBRT. Stereotactic body radiation ...
1. Which doctor performs lobectomy? Lobectomy is treated by a pulmonologist, or a lung surgeon. 2. How does segmentectomy differ from lobectomy? Segmentectomy is the procedure where a division of the ...
A thyroid lobectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the thyroid. This procedure may help treat thyroid cancer, as well as other thyroid conditions. Individuals with thyroid ...