Tracking adults with terminal lung cancer confined to the lungs who were out of treatment options, doctors found lung transplantation was associated with substantially better early survival than medical management alone. Seventeen such patients underwent lung transplant and 81 received medical management alone, in a study reported in JAMA.
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Certain patients with advanced lung cancer may be saved by transplant
July 11, 2026Tracking adults with terminal lung cancer confined to the lungs who were out of treatment options, doctors found lung transplantation was associated with substantially better early survival than medical management alone. Seventeen such patients underwent lung transplant and 81 received medical management alone, in a study reported in JAMA.