A surgeon mistakenly removed the wrong part of a cancer patient’s lung when operating to remove a tumour, resulting in the ...

A surgeon mistakenly removed the wrong part of a cancer patient’s lung when operating to remove a tumour, resulting in the patient eventually losing the entire lung. Now, the man has cancer in his ...

A doctor breached three codes after a botched surgery resulted in a man being left with one lung, a new report says.

Yovana Portillo felt stunned that she had lung cancer because she never smoked. But she hopes people realize that lung cancer can happen to anyone.

Portillo’s surgeon removed her lower lobe of her left lung, the only location where they found cancer. Doctors diagnosed her ...

In a report released today, the Health and Disability Commissioner has found a cardiothoracic surgeon breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for providing ...

Even a temporary pause could be devastating for people like me, desperately waiting for new treatments that are under ...

After a car accident in 2016, Yovanna Portillo, then 34, visited the emergency room as a precaution. Doctors diagnosed her with whiplash from the collision. But one of the scans she underwent ...

Researchers assessed the impact of cryoablation during lobectomy for lung cancer on opioid use, hospital costs, and patient outcomes.

After a car accident in 2016, Yovanna Portillo, then 34, visited the emergency room as a precaution. Doctors diagnosed her with whiplash from the collision. But one of the scans she underwent detected ...