Posts Tagged ‘lung cancer’
Lung cancer screening at Saville Center: Less time, less worry for patients
Amit Mahajan, MD is board certified in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine. He serves as the medical director of interventional pulmonology and the complex airways disease program at Inova Fairfax Medical Campus. Lung cancer screening takes time. And that time often turns into stress for patients and their loved ones. That’s one reason that…
Read MoreLung cancer screening guidelines could save thousands of lives
Michael Weyant, MD, is a specialty care physician board-certified in thoracic surgery and general surgery who has special expertise in robotic minimally invasive surgery, lung cancer and thoracic surgery. He joined Inova Health System as the system-wide director of the thoracic surgery program in 2021 and has been practicing surgery since 1996. Lung cancer is…
Read MoreSuzuki Receives 2023 AstraZeneca Lung Cancer Research Award
The Board of Directors of The Thoracic Surgery Foundation has named Kei Suzuki, MD, the recipient of the 2023 AstraZeneca Lung Cancer Research Award. Suzuki was recognized for his project, “Single-cell RNA sequence profiling of tumor-immune microenvironment for precision therapy in resectable lung cancer.” “This funding is crucial to take the research to the next…
Read MoreSome Patients Fear Lung Cancer Screenings. Here’s Why They Shouldn’t.
Priya Patel, MD is an interventional pulmonologist who is board certified in interventional pulmonology, pulmonary disease, critical care and internal medicine at Inova Schar Cancer Institute. She has a special interest in the management of complex airways and pleural diseases, lung cancer, procedural education and procedure related quality improvement initiatives. Working as part of a…
Read MoreImmunotherapy Offers New Options for Lung Cancer Treatment
Joan H. Schiller, MD, is a board-certified medical oncologist specializing in lung cancer. Lung cancer kills more people worldwide than any other cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that 154,050 men and women in the United States alone will die from the disease this year. Yet that number could start to shrink, thanks to remarkable…
Read MoreResearch Highlights New Directions for Lung Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Joan H. Schiller, MD, is internationally recognized for her work in lung cancer research and is founder and president of Free to Breathe, an advocacy organization dedicated to raising awareness of and funding for lung cancer. A new study by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found that certain types of…
Read MoreInova Life with Cancer’s® Lung Cancer Support Group Named Leading Program in the Nation
FALLS CHURCH, VA – January 18, 2016 – Inova announced today that The Lung Cancer Alliance has recognized the lung cancer support group at the Inova Life with Cancer Center as the leading lung cancer support group in the country. Inova has long understood that treating cancer is about more than just treating the disease. Cancer…
Read MoreLung Cancer Patients Up and Walking Within Hour of Surgery
By Zosia Chustecka SYDNEY (October 28, 2013)— Early-stage lung cancer patients undergoing thoracic surgery usually stay in bed until the next morning, but a new study presented here at the 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer shows that early ambulation is feasible and safe. Patients were set a target of walking 250 feet within an…
Read MoreNovember is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Inova offers screening to smokers, ex-smokers Falls Church, VA – (November 1, 2012) – Recently, The New England Journal of Medicine published a study with results of the National Cancer Institute’s National Lung Screening Trial, which indicated that low-dose CT scans can have a positive impact on lung cancer mortality. This study is the first…
Read MoreInova Health System Lung Cancer Awareness Event to ‘Shine a Light’ On Treatment Options
Patients, Physicians to Discuss Medical Advancements and Honor Those with the Disease Fairfax, VA – (October 26, 2010) – Inova Health System will host a Lung Cancer Awareness event in recognition of National Lung Cancer Awareness Month on Thursday, November 4. The conference – officially titled Shine a Light on Lung Cancer– will feature a…
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