Lung cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the lung. It causes the most cancer deaths in the United States, but the chance of survival improves if diagnosed early. Lung cancer screenings are an important way to save lives and offer the potential for recovery.
The best way to counter lung cancer is to prevent it, and the most likely way to do that is to avoid smoking or simply quit if you are a smoker. The next best thing is to catch lung cancer early, which gives the greatest possibility of being cured through radiation, chemotherapy, surgery or some combination.
Throughout our health system, we provide a wide range of lung cancer services as well as the latest in technology, so you can get the most accurate information and the most effective screenings for prevention.
For lung cancer diagnoses, our multidisciplinary lung care teams and centers of excellence are highly accredited with treatment, recovery and survivorship programs to meet your needs.
Facing a lung cancer diagnosis can be daunting for patients and their families. At Our Lady of the Lake Cancer Institute, a dedicated multidisciplinary team, including thoracic surgeon Nick LeBlanc, MD, and pulmonologist Abdulla Majid-Moosa, DO, provides comprehensive care tailored to each patient’s unique needs.
In this conversation, Dr. LeBlanc and Dr. Moosa explain our incidental lung nodule program, which is finding cancer that otherwise would go undetected. They emphasize the importance of collaboration, communication and a patient-centered approach in the fight against lung cancer. It All Counts Here.
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Thanks to regular screenings, this patient’s doctor was able to find and remove a lung tumor before it was too late.
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