Category Archives: lung/pulmonary

Science Is Art: Black lung disease under the microscope

Posted on December 27, 2018 by

Upstate pathology professor Jerrold Abraham, MD, left, and assistant professor Soma Sanyal, MD, are examining lung tissue from coal miners with black lung disease as a part of a large study into the reasons for a recent increase in the … Continue reading →

Posted in health care, lung/pulmonary, pathology, research

A small box that saves lives: Fayetteville man recovers from infection, thanks to ECMO machine

Posted on August 6, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH Robert Crain, 47, awoke on Jan. 8 from a medically induced coma. Slowly he pulled together memories from three months before. The Fayetteville podiatrist had a nagging cough in early October. When he began feeling short of … Continue reading →

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Many options: Caregiving team considers multiple factors in managing patients with lung cancer  

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH People diagnosed with lung cancer a century ago had few options. The earliest surgical techniques, in the 1930s, involved cutting open a patient’s chest and removing an entire lung. While that is sometimes still necessary today, surgeons are … Continue reading →

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Medically fragile, mentally strong: Preschooler thrives, despite cardiac and neurological problems

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH In 2013, friends of Kristy and John Cornell told the couple about a woman who gave birth to a baby girl in the Buffalo area. The baby was to be adopted, and she had health problems. The Cornells … Continue reading →

Posted in allergies/asthma, cancer, health care, heart/cardiovascular, lung/pulmonary, patient story, surgery

73-mile trip for breast care is worth it to her

Posted on December 18, 2017 by

BY AMBER SMITH Laurie Gildea’s husband, Kevin does the research. She goes with her gut. So when a routine mammogram in May 2017 found a suspicious lesion, and when a subsequent biopsy revealed breast cancer, Gildea suddenly needed a surgeon … Continue reading →

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Daughter, then mother, survive lung cancer

Posted on October 11, 2017 by

BY AMBER SMITH Both mother and daughter were diagnosed with lung nodules that turned out to be cancerous, almost by accident. They underwent the same types of tests, and then the same type of surgery followed by chemotherapy. Darlene Barbato … Continue reading →

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Young brothers battle cystic fibrosis together

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

  BY AMBER SMITH The day after Trevor Delaney turned 6, his mother took him for an appointment with his pulmonologist, Zafer Soultan, MD. The division chief of pediatric pulmonary medicine at Upstate was eager for Trevor to start taking … Continue reading →

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Up Close images: Raising awareness about cancer

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

  Light-filled luminarias greeted visitors to the Upstate Cancer Center for the annual Lung Cancer Vigil on a crisp autumn evening in November. Indoors, the Rev. Terry Culbertson asked visitors to set their cellphones to flashlight mode as she read … Continue reading →

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World traveler … and grateful lung cancer patient

Posted on March 16, 2017 by

BY BETHANN KISTNER Nearly three years ago, Patricia Kranbuhl was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. After participating in a clinical trial at the Upstate Cancer Center, she is symptom free and is now back to doing the things she … Continue reading →

Posted in cancer, drugs/medications/pharmacy, health care, lung/pulmonary

With lung cancer at bay, she’s cruising Florida coast on her Harley

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

  BY SUSAN KEETER As a retired police officer, Toni Lindgren knows how to deal with problems. So, when a physician at Fort Drum said, “I think it’s cancer,” Lindgren said, “I’m going to Upstate. I want the doctors who do cancer … Continue reading →

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