Lung cancer
    Doctors and departments

    April 30, 2024

    Mayo Clinic has one of the largest and most experienced practices in the United States, with campuses in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota. Staff skilled in dozens of specialties work together to ensure quality care and successful recovery.

    Doctors who treat this condition

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    1. Daniel A. Adamo, M.D.

      Radiologist
      1. Rochester, MN
    2. Sadeer J. Alzubaidi, M.D.

      Interventional Radiologist
      1. Phoenix, AZ
    3. Dagny K. Anderson, M.D.

      Interventional Pulmonologist, Pulmonologist
      1. Rochester, MN
    4. Natalya Azadeh, M.D.

      Critical Care Specialist, Pulmonologist
      1. Phoenix, AZ
    5. Brett C. Bade, M.D.

      Pulmonologist
      1. Rochester, MN
    6. Staci E. Beamer, M.D.

      Cardiothoracic Surgeon
    7. Deepti Behl, M.D.

      Oncologist
      1. Rochester, MN
    8. William G. Breen, M.D.

      Radiation Oncologist
      1. Rochester, MN
    9. Eva M. Carmona Porquera, M.D., Ph.D.

      Internist, Pulmonologist
      1. Rochester, MN
    10. Stephen D. Cassivi, M.D., M.S.

      Thoracic Surgeon
      1. Rochester, MN

    Research

    Mayo Clinic doctors and researchers are actively studying ways to improve care for people with lung cancer. Examples include:

    • Improving early diagnosis. Mayo Clinic doctors are investigating ways to make lung cancer screening programs more effective by expanding the understanding of lung cancer risk and developing new tests, including blood tests, that could supplement imaging tests.
    • Making surgery less invasive. Mayo Clinic thoracic surgeons are devising less invasive techniques that lead to faster healing and less pain, including microlobectomy and robotic lobectomy.
    • Developing new targets for systemic therapy. Mayo Clinic doctors are studying lung cancer cells in order to develop new ways of targeting treatments. Mayo Clinic researchers made an important discovery that led to immunotherapy treatments called immune checkpoint inhibitors that have revolutionized care for people with metastatic lung cancer.

    Learn more about Mayo Clinic's Epidemiology and Genetics of Lung Cancer Research Program.

    Researchers looking at results in a laboratory

    Publications

    See a list of publications about lung cancer by Mayo Clinic doctors on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

    Lung cancer research is conducted in coordination with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center receives funding from the U.S. National Cancer Institute and is designated as a comprehensive cancer center. This designation recognizes the institution's scientific excellence and multidisciplinary resources focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

    Research profiles

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    1. Mark S. Allen

      M.D.

      Professor of Surgery

    2. Matthew R. Callstrom

      M.D., Ph.D.

      Professor of Radiology

    3. Hong Cao

      M.D.

      Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    4. Stephen D. Cassivi

      M.D., M.S.

      Professor of Surgery

    5. Gary A. Croghan

      M.D., Ph.D.

      Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Oncology

    6. Eric S. Edell

      M.D.

      Professor of Medicine

    7. Alan P. Fields

      Ph.D.

      Professor of Cancer Biology

    8. Dawn E. Jaroszewski

      M.D.

      Professor of Surgery

    9. Verline Justilien

      Ph.D.

      Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology

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