Lung Cancer

Successful lung cancer treatment oftentimes requires experts in lung cancer surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy to work together. The Cancer Team is committed to giving you the best in all conventional therapies as well as making complementary therapies available to you that can help you maintain a strong and healthy body, mind and spirit during the treatment...

Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world.

Common symptoms of lung cancer include:

• A cough that doesn't go away and gets worse over time 

• Constant chest pain

• Coughing up blood
• 
Shortness of breath, wheezing, or hoarseness

• Repeated problems with pneumonia or bronchitis

• Swelling of the neck and face
• 
Loss of appetite or weight loss

• Fatigue

Lung Cancer Treatment

 At The Cancer Team, we give each lung cancer patient access to comprehensive lung cancer treatment options. And as always, we take a patient-focused approach to ensure that the entire team of cancer experts are working as one for you.

Your Cancer Coach will ensure that your care is coordinated, seamless, convenient and that you understand every aspect of your lung cancer care, every step of the way.

Successful lung cancer treatment oftentimes requires experts in lung cancer surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy to work together. The Cancer Team is committed to giving you the best in all conventional therapies as well as making complementary therapies available to you that can help you maintain a strong and healthy body, mind and spirit during treatment.

Complementary or integrative lung cancer therapies offered at The Cancer Team include such resources as nutritional support, acupuncture, spiritual support, and physical therapy. 

Palliative Care/Pain Management

The Cancer Team includes physicians who specialize in helping you manage through your pain, stay strong in mind and body, and keep yourself as healthy as possible so that you can fight your best fight.


Your Team

Depending on many factors including the type of lung cancer you have, the stage of your cancer (meaning how developed the cancer is), and the assessment of your individual needs as a lung cancer patient, your cancer team could consist of many different experts. Rest assured that every member of your team will work together to give you comprehensive, patient-focused, supportive lung cancer treatment. 

• Surgeon

• Radiation Oncologist

• Medical Oncologist
• 
Integrative Medicine physician

• Palliative Care physician (pain management)

• Cancer Coach

• Cancer Nurse Practitioner

• Specially trained technologists

• A highly skilled staff, focused on you