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Lung Cancer

Barry Manilow opens up about losing his voice amid cancer treatment

  • Jun 1

Chicago study pushes for expanded lung cancer screenings

  • Nov 21, 2025

Thousands of doctors descend on McCormick Place for CHEST conference

  • Oct 19, 2025

Insurance denies man life-saving transplant before Chicago procedure

  • May 9, 2025

Stanford prof. turns terminal cancer diagnosis into teachable moment

  • Mar 26, 2025

Rise in aggressive forms of cancer in younger adults

  • Mar 19, 2025

Cancer patient receives 'lungs in the fridge' transplant in Chicago

  • Feb 5, 2025

Chicago dad plans to keep coaching hockey as he fights cancer

  • Jan 8, 2025

Latest Videos

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Chicago study pushes for expanded lung cancer screenings

  • Nov 20, 2025
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Study recommends expanding lung cancer screening ages

  • Nov 20, 2025
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Surgeons perform double-lung transplant on lung cancer, COVID patient

  • May 13, 2024
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Remembering 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'Homicide' star Andre Braugher

  • Dec 14, 2023
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Chicago area woman takes fight to Capitol Hill after losing both parents to cancer

  • Oct 20, 2023
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More adults should be screened for lung cancer under updated guideline

  • Nov 2, 2023
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Chicago lung cancer patient receives double lung transplant

  • Mar 24, 2022
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Rush Limbaugh says his lung cancer is getting worse

  • Oct 20, 2020

Latest Stories

Woman recovering from stage 4 cancer after double-lung transplant at Northwestern Medicine

You wouldn't know it, but Mandy Wilk is now three months out from a double-lung transplant and her body is now cancer free. The patient and her doctors in Chicago have called it a medical breakthrough.

  • Sep 25, 2024

Nearly half of adult cancer deaths in the US could be prevented by lifestyle changes, study finds

Smoking was the leading risk factor by far, the study found, contributing to nearly 1 in 5 cancer cases and nearly a third of cancer deaths.

  • Jul 12, 2024

NU surgeons perform 1st double-lung transplant on Chicago police officer who had lung cancer, COVID

Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine have performed a double-lung transplant with something they haven't encountered before.

  • May 13, 2024

Largest study of its kind to investigate why Black women are more likely to die from cancer

Cancer deaths in the United States have been declining since a peak in 1991, but Black women have the highest death rate for most cancers, according to the American Cancer Society.

  • May 9, 2024

Lung cancer patient discharged from Northwestern Medicine hospital after lung transplant

Penny Muszanowski made handmade cards for every single staff member that walked into her hospital room during her stay.

  • Mar 7, 2024