Lung Cancer

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• Lung Rehab after Surgery

  Mayo Clinic develops program to start rehabilitation soon after thoracic surgery. The program involves having patients begin rehabilitation a day or two after lung or esophageal surgery (as long as the patients are willing and able to do so).

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  New Device for Lung Biopsy

  You're at the doctor's office and he or she tells you there's a tiny spot in your lung. It could be cancer. To find out, your options have been to wait and see if it grows or go to surgery for a biopsy. Now there's another option.

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  Resource: Treatment of Lung Cancer

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  Screening for Lung Cancer

  Research has shown that for some cancers, screening for early detection most definitely saves lives. Examples are mammograms for breast cancer and colonoscopy for colon cancer. But not all cancers have screening tools that have been proven to work. Let's go to Mayo Clinic to learn more about screening for lung cancer.

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  Resource: Treatment of Lung Cancer

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• Treating Lung Cancer

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  Resource: Treatment of Lung Cancer