At Indiana Donor Network, functionality of donated lungs initially rejected for transplantation was improved, resulting ...

On January 29, 2026, the Indiana Donor Network became the first organ recovery organization in the nation to successfully use an in-house mechanical lung perfusion system to save a marginal organ that ...

Radiation therapy is a cornerstone of lung cancer treatment. But even when delivered with precision, radiation can damage healthy lung tissue. "Try as we might, when we deliver radiation to a cancer, ...

Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to routine in the United States, a new study shows. This shift over the past 25 ...

Liu, Y. and Huang, Y. (2026) Advances in CT-Based Diagnosis of Pneumonic-Type Lung Cancer: A Review. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 14, 448-456. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2026.142033 .

New international guidelines stress early detection and treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a life-threatening blood ...

Early detection and prompt treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a sudden and potentially life‑threatening blood clot that blocks arteries in the lungs, is critical. Comprehensive ...

Catherine O’Hara’s death from a pulmonary embolism has drawn attention to this serious condition in which a blood clot lodges in the lungs. Dr. Leana Wen explains.

Evaluation for pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with cancer must include either lung ventilation/perfusion scan or dual-energy computed tomography of the chest to evaluate for acute and/or ...

1 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States 2 Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas ...