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Northwestern begins transplant trial for stage 4 lung cancer patients who have run out of traditional treatment options

Por: Chicago Sun Times Health March 15, 2023

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Resigned to hospice care with stage 4 lung cancer, Tannaz Ameli was given a second chance at life last year. “I begged my doctors in Minnesota to consider a lung transplant but they wouldn’t do it,” said Ameli, 64, a retired nurse from Minneapolis, Minn. “Luckily, my husband refused to give up and pushed for a second opinion.”He got one from Dr. Ankit Bharat and other physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, who determined that... + full article



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