648720login-checkDouble Lung Transplants May Be Rare, but They Just Saved Two Lives |
Both recipients had Stage IV lung cancer and were given only weeks to live. Here’s why double lung transplants are so uncommon.
By Laura Schmidt
The stars aligned for two people with Stage IV lung cancer who received lifesaving double lung transplants after being told they had just weeks to live, CNN reports.
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. Read more from Cancer Health.
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