Why Choose Stanford Medicine?
Our lung cancer experts work together to deliver comprehensive and compassionate care before, during, and after your treatment. We use the latest innovations to diagnose and treat lung cancer, personalized to your unique needs. Specialized services support your physical, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being.
What You Need to Know to Start Treatment
The following information will help answer your questions as you begin treatment at Stanford Health Care:
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Your Circle of Care
A cancer diagnosis affects more than your physical well-being. It can disrupt your family life, work, social relationships, and your very sense of security. Our signature Circle of Care approach is here to guide you and your caregivers. We listen carefully to understand your unique situation, and then we bring together experts including doctors, specialists, nurses, and care coordinators to create a plan just for you. With a team on your side and a wide range of support services, you receive a complete, coordinated experience. Learn what to expect and see how we put you at the center of care.
Access That Empowers
We make access to care as simple as possible. We anticipate what you need and provide support when you need it. Our network of locations puts our services within your reach. User-friendly digital health tools help you stay connected with your care team. We accept most health insurance plans and offer discounted transportation, short-stay options, and international travel and translation services. We help make sense of the details, so you can make decisions that are right for you.
Innovation Through
Clinical Research
Some of Silicon Valley’s brightest scientific minds are at the Stanford Cancer Institute and the Stanford Medicine Cancer Center. Medical discoveries and clinical advances happen here. Our physicians and scientists work every day to improve cancer prevention, detection, and care. We offer advanced diagnostics, the latest treatment technologies and techniques, and pioneering therapies in development through clinical trials. Let us put innovation to work for you.
Your multispecialty lung cancer care team stays with you from diagnosis through treatment. You and your team work together develop a plan for your unique situation.
Your Doctors
Thoracic (chest) surgeons specialize in treating cancer by removing tumors through traditional (open) and minimally invasive (video-assisted and robot-assisted) surgery. Cancer surgeons perform biopsies (taking tiny tissue samples) to test for cancer.
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Medical oncologists (doctors who treat cancer with medications) have specialized training in diagnosing and treating lung cancer using chemotherapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and other anticancer medications.
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Radiation oncologists have specialized training in using high-energy radiation to destroy cancer or prevent its spread while protecting healthy tissue.
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Our skilled advanced practice providers (APPs) specialize in lung cancer. They see patients independently and occasionally alongside your doctor. APPs can give exams, write prescriptions, and help prevent or treat any issues.
»Your Extended Care Team
Interventional radiologists have advanced training in using imaging technology—such as X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computed tomography (CT) scanning—to help guide minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment procedures.
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Nuclear medicine physicians are specially trained in using radioactive materials to diagnose and treat disease. They select the most appropriate technique to treat cancerous or noncancerous tumors, blood cancer, or cancer that has spread (metastases), while avoiding unnecessary radiation exposure. This physician performs and interprets certain imaging studies like PET/CT or ventilation/perfusion scans.
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Radiologists are specially trained doctors who read and interpret pictures of the inside of the body to help understand your condition. They use medical imaging procedures such as computed tomography (CT), interventional radiology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), X-ray, and ultrasound.
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Pathologists are doctors who specialize in diagnosing conditions by examining tissues taken from a biopsy and bodily fluids such as blood and urine.
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Health Library
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Cancer Care Services
Connect you and your loved ones to personalized, supportive services before, during, and after your treatment.
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Clinical Trials for lung cancer
Clinical trials are research studies that evaluate a new medical approach, device, drug, or other treatment. As a Stanford Health Care patient, you may have access to the latest, advanced clinical trials through the Stanford Cancer Institute.
Open trials refer to studies that are currently recruiting participants or that may recruit participants in the near future. Closed trials are not currently enrolling additional patients.
Next Steps
You can get compassionate care and advanced treatments for lung cancer at a Stanford Health Care location near you. We always accept new patients, and we take many insurance plans, including Medicare and Medi-Cal.
