Northwestern Medicine in Chicago has announced a breakthrough treatment for late-stage lung cancer, with two patients with stage IV lung cancer who had been told they had weeks or months to live now breathing freely after receiving double lung transplants. The team was able to use knowledge learned during the Covid pandemic to successfully perform the double lung transplantations, and the two patients are now recovering and expected to make a full recovery. This novel treatment could be a potential game-changer for people with late-stage lung cancer.
