Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines
Lecia Sequist, MD, MPH, a medical oncologist at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, discusses who should be screened for lung cancer and the role family history can play in the disease.
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Lung Cancer Treatment Program
The Center for Thoracic Cancers offers patients and families access to one of New England's most experienced programs for lung cancer.
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The Thoracic Radiation Oncology Program employs high-precision radiation therapy to treat patients with lung cancers and other cancers in the chest with the overarching goal of causing little or no side effects.
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