A new method of treating lung cancer was introduced in Yekaterinburg.
Specialists at the Sverdlovsk Regional Oncology Center began to use combined therapy in patients with stage III lung cancer and a PD-L1 genetic mutation.
The peculiarity of the surgical treatment in such patients is that against the background of the pre-operative treatment, the structure of the tissues and blood vessels of the lung becomes more sparse, so the intervention must be carried out carefully. The choice is made in favor of low traumatic thoracoscopic resection on video.
- said Maxim Rudenko, head of SOOD's thoracic oncology department.
Vadim Pischik, head of the thoracic surgery center at St. Petersburg Hospital No. 122, came to Yekaterinburg to demonstrate the technique. He was assisted during the operation by the thoracic surgeon of the oncology center, Roman Kamaniv.
During the intervention, the doctors confirmed that the tumor in the bronchi decreased significantly. This made it possible to remove the tumor while preserving vital lung functions. The patient has already recovered and is undergoing the next course of chemotherapy.