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When Lung Cancer Took One Lung and COVID Took the Other, a Chicago Police Captain Was Left With Only One Option for Survival

May 16th 2024

Seeking a second opinion, Arthur “Art” Gillespie turned to Northwestern Medicine for a life-saving double-lung transplant procedure.

Patients With Cancer in Alabama 'Being Robbed of the Choice to Build a Family After Treatment'

March 13th 2024

A consequence of the Alabama Supreme Court’s in vitro fertilization ruling is an unacceptably high risk of infertility for patients with cancer.

Outsmarting Chemo-Resistant Ovarian Cancer

February 28th 2024

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered the Achilles heel of chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer—its hunger for cholesterol.

Using Cancer’s Strength to Fight Against It

February 20th 2024

New technique made human T cells 100 times more potent at killing cancer cells.

Northwestern Medicine Launches a Hispanic Program for Patients With Lung and Thoracic Diseases

September 5th 2023

The Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute Hispanic Program was recently launched to offer personalized care for lung and thoracic patients in their native language, making life-saving care more accessible for the Hispanic community and people who prefer to speak Spanish by removing cultural and linguistic barriers.

Scientists Uncover Why Some Cells Become Resistant to Cancer Therapies

August 2nd 2023

Scientists develop ‘QR code for cancer cells,’ like tagging swans in a pond.

Powerful Chemotherapy Drug Reaches Brain Tumors Using Novel Ultrasound Technology

May 25th 2023

Northwestern Medicine scientists report results of the first in-human clinical trial in which they used a novel, skull-implantable ultrasound device to open the blood-brain barrier and repeatedly permeate large, critical regions of the human brain to deliver chemotherapy that was injected intravenously.

Northwestern Medicine Successfully Performs Double-lung Transplant on a Second Patient With Stage 4 Lung Cancer and Launches First-of-its-kind Clinical Program

May 23rd 2023

For the second time at Northwestern Medicine, surgeons have successfully performed a double-lung transplant on a patient with stage 4 lung cancer who was being considered for hospice.