A new meta-analysis provided high-quality evidence demonstrating that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) significantly reduces the risk for death by 21% compared with open lobectomy in ...

Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall survival rate, according to a meta-analysis presented at the ...

Houston Methodist thoracic surgeon Dr. Min Kim and medical oncologist Dr. Preethi Prasad answer some common questions ...

The Vatican announced on the 13th (local time) that Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer following lung surgery.

Patients who underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) compared to open lobectomy had a significantly improved overall survival rate, according to a meta-analysis presented at the ...

Patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for early-stage lung cancer had improved overall survival (OS) compared with patients who had open lobectomy, according to a ...

As Pope Leo XIV undergoes surgery for a lung nodule, medical experts offer varying views on treatment and post-operative ...

Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) encompasses a suite of minimally invasive techniques for resecting lung tumours with the aim of reducing surgical trauma, postoperative pain and hospital stay ...

Pope Leo XIV is in recovery following surgery that ended in part of his lung being removed and a cancer diagnosis.