{"id":6487,"date":"2023-04-02T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2023-03-31T07:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T14:43:32","slug":"double-lung-transplants-may-be-rare-but-they-just-saved-two-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/04\/02\/double-lung-transplants-may-be-rare-but-they-just-saved-two-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Lung Transplants May Be Rare, but They Just Saved Two Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6487\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p><em>Both recipients had Stage IV lung cancer and were given only weeks to live. Here\u2019s why double lung transplants are so uncommon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Laura Schmidt<br>The stars aligned for two people with Stage IV\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerhealth.com\/tag\/lung-cancer\">lung cancer<\/a>\u00a0who received lifesaving double lung transplants after being told they had just weeks to live,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/15\/health\/double-lung-transplant-cancer-northwestern\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albert Khoury, 54, of Chicago, was diagnosed with Stage I lung cancer in 2020 near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. By July 2020, the cancer had reached Stage IV. He was told to consider all his options, including hospice care. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cancerhealth.com\/article\/double-lung-transplants-may-rare-just-saved-two-lives\">Read more <\/a>from Cancer Health.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6487\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading Both recipients had Stage IV lung cancer and were given only weeks to live. Here\u2019s why double lung transplants are so uncommon. 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