At UC Health, we lead the region in scientific discoveries and embrace a spirit of purpose – offering our patients and their families something beyond everyday healthcare. At UC Health, we offer hope.
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Lung Cancer Center
At UC Health, you’ll find world-class experts focused on treating and preventing lung cancer. From lung cancer screenings to diagnosis to innovative, leading-edge treatments, we deliver hope through scientific advancements.
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A lung cancer diagnosis can be frightening — but here, you’ll find hope. The UC Lung Cancer Center offers coordinated treatment plans that may include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy or a combination of these treatments. Our multidisciplinary team of subspecialists meet to discuss each patient, delivering only the best treatments available. We promise you our expertise and experience to accurately diagnose and effectively treat your lung cancer.
Research
ACTIVE AND VIBRANT RESEARCH
We Are Committed To Advancing Medical Options.
The best medical programs in the world are part of leading-edge research aimed at improving public health and developing new medical treatments. As the Region’s only adult academic medical center, we house vibrant research programs that include ongoing clinical trials, actively initiating studies to bring new therapies and diagnostic tests to patients in Greater Cincinnati and around the world.
We Actively Seek Medical Discoveries.
Nationally and internationally recognized for its research efforts, the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and UC Health has a long and distinguished history of medical discoveries. Our premier surgeon-scientists and postdoctoral researchers pursue innovative and exciting research, focused on applying their discoveries directly to the bedside to advance patient care.
Referrals
REFERRING A PATIENT
Our Teams Build Strong Collaborative Partnerships With Referring Providers.
We are committed to providing optimal care to your patient and open communication with you. As a referring physician, we understand that you need to be kept informed on your patient’s progress. That’s why we set up a toolbox to share detailed information about your patient’s health with you.
To refer a patient, call 513-584-8900.
Screening
LUNG CANCER SCREENING
Knowing your risk is the first step
Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the U.S., causing more deaths than colon, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancer combined. Fortunately, lung cancer can be curable if detected early. We are here to help you through that journey.
Conditions We Treat
With research and experience, we’re helping patients like you overcome lung cancer every day.
- Mediastinal Tumors
- Mesothelioma
- Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
- Other Complex Thoracic Cancers
- Small-Cell Lung Cancer
- Thymic Carcinoma
- Thymoma
- Thymus Cancer
Compassionate Healing Starts Here
At UC Health, we are dedicated to delivering the highest level of compassionate care and the most advanced treatments available.
Advanced Diagnostics & Treatments
Biopsy (Needle Aspiration/Core Biopsy)
Cervical Mediastinoscopy
Computed Tomography Scan (CT Scan)
Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
Immunotherapy
Integrative Medicine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy Surgery (VATS)
Positron Emission Tomography Scan (PET/CT Scan)
Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
Radiation Therapy
Robotic Surgery
Sleeve Resection
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT)
Targeted Therapy
Thoracotomy
Experts in Lung Cancer
World-Class, Comprehensive Care
Our large and diverse team of researchers, fellowship-trained physicians, oncologists, surgeons, interventional pulmonologists, social workers, pharmacists, oncology dietitians and nurse practitioners collaborate to provide the most advanced, robust care.
One of 27 thoracic surgery integrated residencies nationwide
#7 rated interventional pulmonary fellowship in the U.S.
Comprehensive Win by Quitting smoking cessation program, offering individual counseling
24 team members coordinating your care
AUTHORING BREAKTHROUGHS
Pioneers in Advanced Screening and Treatment Techniques
Clinical Trials — Tomorrow’s Treatments
As a leading research center, our physicians and patients have frontline access to clinical trials conducted right here.
Second Opinions from Around the Globe
Our virtualized tumor board allows physicians from anywhere in the world to connect for another opinion.
Superior Diagnostic Tools
We were the first in the region to offer endobronchial ultrasound and also pioneered navigational bronchoscopy for improved testing and treatments.
PATIENT CONNECTION
Norman’s Story
Watching a family member undergo treatment at the UC Health Barrett Cancer Center for advanced lung cancer was enough to encourage Norman Taylor to stop smoking and to get a lung cancer screening that saved his life.
Our Experts
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HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
Donations from people like you make the difference.
By advancing medicine, our life-changing research and treatments help countless patients here and around the world. Please donate today.
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Lung Cancer News
5 Tips for Preventing Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer killer in the U.S., causing more deaths than colon, breast, pancreatic and prostate cancer combined. Fortunately, lung cancer can be curable if detected early.
Medical Mondays: Lung Cancer Screenings
UC Health began its lung cancer screening program in November 2012. Dr. Sandra Starnes, a lung cancer specialist at the UC Lung Cancer Center, discusses the benefits of lung cancer screenings.
Health Innovations: Advanced Treatments in Lung Cancer
The UC Lung Cancer Center discusses why a multidisciplinary approach to lung cancer — with experts in every area of care — results in the best outcomes for every patient’s unique cancer.
