Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants. But a flaw in the process for ...

A Cedar Hills mom of five is awaiting a double lung transplant in Chicago after standard cancer treatments failed.

Double lung transplant conferred favorable early outcomes among a select group of adults with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer and respiratory failure, according to study results.All 17 patients ...

In findings that challenge long-standing beliefs, researchers have shown that bilateral lung transplant may extend the lives of selected patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Lung transplantation has evolved over 60 years from an experimental to an accepted standard treatment for life-threatening lung disease. Suitable recipients can expect improved survival and quality of ...

Undergoing lung transplant vs. receiving medical management alone led to greater 1-year survival in adults with medically ...

A landmark Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA suggests lung transplantation can significantly extend survival in select patients with advanced lung cancer. In a study of patients with ...

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VIENNA — Survival rates at 1 and 5 years for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who receive bilateral lung and heart-lung transplants are similar, said researchers presenting at the ...

A genetically modified pig lung was transplanted into a brain-dead man and functioned for nine days, according to a newly published report. There has been some recent success transplanting pig kidneys ...

When receiving a lung transplant, one of the most important complications to look out for is chronic lung allograft dysfunction, known as CLAD. Preventing this complication for those who receive a ...