In a medical breakthrough, a successful lung transplant for a terminal stage 4 lung cancer patient was performed by surgeons at Norwestern medicine. The tumor, though in stage 4, had not metastasized.
WASHINGTON, United States US doctors announced Thursday they had successfully performed a double lung transplant on a patient with terminal lung cancer, giving new hope to others who also are in advanced stages of the deadly disease. Albert Khoury, a 54-year-old non-smoker, underwent a seven-hou
“I'm 54, I gotta go enjoy life now. This is the biggest chance I have. The biggest chance I got, ya know, to stay alive. Enjoy life,” Albert Khoury said.