Areas of Expertise Diseases of the Lung, Pleura, Airways, and
Chest Wall Lung cancer is the most significant cancer in this
country, with over 220,000 individuals diagnosed in the United
States in 2011. After decades of rising incidence, there has
been a plateau and slight decline in lung cancer since the
mid-1990s on the order of 1-2%, possibly due to the effect of
declining tobacco cigarette smoking. However, lung cancer in
non-smokers is increasing, indicating that the disease is going
continue to be a major public health issue for the foreseeable
future. More... Many cancers spread into the lungs, and there
are situations when removal of these metastatic nodules improves
outcome. Surgery for lung metastases is indicated when the
original tumor in another part of the body has been controlled
and there are isolated metastases remaining in the chest. USC
thoracic surgeons have extensive experience in removing
metastatic nodules from the lungs from the chest due to a
variety of tumors, such as colorectal canc