An extremely rare lung transplant changed one man’s life and is bringing to hope to many more.
More than 2,500 people received new lungs last year. Cystic fibrosis, COPD, breathing disorders and heart disease are some of the main reasons. But did you know lung transplants for lung cancer are extremely rare? A double lung transplant on a terminal lung cancer patient is even more rare. By doing it on one man, doctors may save many more."I had a couple weeks to live, actually. Not that much time," Khoury said.
"We saw that his cancer cells did not spread outside the lung. It was keep spreading inside the lung to the opposite part of the lung. So, he wasn't able to breathe," said Northwestern Medicine oncologist Dr. Young Chae That's when the team at Northwestern decided to give Khoury an extremely rare double lung transplant.
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