Two persons with stage 4 lung cancer who were told they had only weeks or months to live are now breathing freely after getting double lung transplants, according to Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.
In the United States, lung cancer is the biggest cause of cancer-related deaths. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 127,000 People will die from cancer this year.
Patients Survive Stage 4 Lung Cancer
Albert Khoury, 55, from Chicago, was diagnosed with lung cancer in early 2020. His malignancies were first localized in only one lung. Nevertheless, the cancer had progressed to the other lung despite two rounds of chemotherapy.