The Lung Institute at Al Zahra provides diagnostic and treatment services to patients with benign and malignant neoplasms and other disorders of the lung, as well as esophagus, mediastinum and chest wall. The institute offers patients professional medical evaluations by a multidisciplinary team that includes specialists from surgery, medical oncology, pulmonary medicine, radiation oncology, and radiology.
In addition, the Lung Institute offers holistic care for patients and their families. Full-time services, social workers, physical therapists, dieticians and patient navigators help patients and their families deal with the stress of illness. These efforts allow patients and their families to take an active role in their own care plans.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and the Thoracic Oncology service provides state-of-the-art care to patients with lung cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, sarcoma and cancers that have metastasized to the chest.
Patients receive treatment from a dedicated multidisciplinary team of consultants and specialists. Our “THORACIC ONCOLOGY TEAM” is dedicated to providing high-quality care to you and your loved ones. Multidisciplinary teams, made up of surgeons, radiologists, medical and radiation oncologists, nurses, other medical staff and coordinators, all work together to maximize the care and treatment journey at our facility
Interventional Radiologist and Interventional Gastroenterologist are integral part of our service in addition to American trained Pathologist and Cytologist to render it into a unique high standard advanced "HEPATOBILIARY PANCREATIC TEAM" available 24/7 at your service
Points of Interest to patients
- Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma (BAC)
- Carcinoid Tumors
- Chest Wall Tumors
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophagectomy
- Lung Metastases
- Lung Transplantation
- Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
- Malignant Mesothelioma
- Mediastinal Masses
- Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
- Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Sarcomas
- Small-Cell Lung Cancer
- Tracheal Tumors
- Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
- Pulmonary function test
- Endobronchial stent
- Intraoperative frozen section
- Enhanced recovery after surgery “ERAS”
- Ventilation perfusion scan
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Lung cancer staging
- MDT discussion for cancer cases
- Genetic profiling
- Immunotherapy
- Sputum cytology
- Tumor markers
- MIE, minimal invasive esophagectomy
- Chemo and radiation therapy
- Exceptional ICU care
- Single port thoracoscopy
Clinics in thoracic and pulmonary center
- Lung Cancer Clinic
- Asthma Clinic
- Sleeping Disorders Clinic
- Smoking Cessation Clinic
- Chronic Chough Clinic
- Interstitial Lung Disease
Information Booklets
- All About Lung Cancers! (Click here to download)
- Lung Surgery Booklet
- What is Enhanced recovery after surgery? (Click here to download)
- Nutrition guide for cancer patients (Click here to download)
- Port placement booklet: (Click here to download)