Lung & Pleural Cancers
Why Choose Us
Advanced lung cancer care in your neighborhood
At NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital Cancer Center, we take a multidisciplinary approach to the care of people with lung and pleural cancers. In one comprehensive center, you can receive prevention and early detection services, assessment if you are at high risk for the disease, genetic testing, the latest treatments, and the most promising therapies being evaluated in clinical trials. You can receive world-class cancer care right here in Brooklyn, without having to travel to Manhattan.
Our thoracic surgeons and oncologists also have more experience than many doctors treating people with pleural mesothelioma, a tumor of the lung lining caused by asbestos. We bring together all of the experts required to customize the treatment plan that best meets your needs.
Our team participates in clinical trials evaluating novel treatments to advance the care of people with lung cancer, especially those whose disease does not respond well to standard therapies. You may have the opportunity to participate in a clinical trial of an innovative therapy.
Services & Specialties
Comprehensive lung cancer care
- Screening and prevention
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Relief of symptoms
Our Team
A team of lung cancer experts
Your team consists of interventional pulmonologists, medical oncologists, thoracic surgeons, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists, oncology nurses, and respiratory therapists who work together to develop a comprehensive treatment plan tailored to your needs. Together they treat all types and stages of lung cancer, including non-small cell carcinomas (such as adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma), small cell lung cancer, and mediastinal and pleural tumors, including thymoma and mesothelioma. Your providers meet regularly to discuss your care and make sure you are receiving the most effective therapies. Our doctors are also on the lung cancer care team at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Our Approach to Care
Full-service care for people with lung & pleural cancers
We understand that lung cancer care goes beyond treatment. To support your quality of life, we offer palliative care, which includes services such as pain management. Nutritionists, social workers, rehabilitation therapists, and others will help you and your loved ones address the effects of cancer and its treatment — physical, emotional, and spiritual. We understand the burden lung cancer can place on your life and the lives of your loved ones, and we do whatever we can to lessen that burden.
Interventional pulmonology to accurately diagnose tumors
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital was one of the first hospitals in New York to offer interventional pulmonology, a minimally invasive approach to diagnosing and treating lung disorders. Our interventional pulmonologists use an approach called navigational bronchoscopy to locate, biopsy, and sometimes treat small and hard-to-reach lung tumors. This procedure combines electromagnetic navigational techniques with CT and ultrasound images. It spares you from more invasive diagnostic surgical approaches and can be done on an outpatient basis.
We also use endobronchial ultrasound to identify and biopsy central lymph nodes in the chest to see if they contain cancer cells. Guided by real-time medical imaging, these procedures provide doctors with better access to tissues that will be analyzed for cancer cells, making it easier to reach even the smallest tumors deep inside the lungs.