Although these surgeries can dramatically increase survival times—with five-year survival rates of 45% for pneumonectomy—the quality of life can vary by the choice of surgery. As a general rule, a ...

“I remember waking up from the pneumonectomy (surgery to remove a lung) and breathing unaided for the first time in a month; I no longer had to gasp for air.

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