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Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Lung cancer treatment at Fletcher Allen’s Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Clinic offers unique and modern technology. You have the option of lung cancer video-assisted surgery (known as VATS), which shortens recovery time.

Patients leave here after their first visit knowing that our team members are talking to each other to come up with a treatment plan. Our goal is three weeks or less from your initial appointment to your first treatment.

Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Fletcher Allen is here to help you through every aspect of your care, starting from the moment you first visit us for your initial assessment. We want to provide you with the support, information and care that you need during the treatment period – and beyond. Additionally, we offer long-term surveillance once you return to your daily life. 

The Clinic offers leading-edge technology in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer, including:

  • Computed tomography (CT) scanning
  • Magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging
  • Positron emission tomography (PET-CT) scanning
  • Surgical lung biopsy 
  • Complete pulmonary function test laboratory 

Your lung cancer treatment team includes the advanced care and expertise of a specialized group of physicians who work together in the fields of: 

We also meet special needs, such as: 

  • Nutritional services
  • Pain services
  • Palliative care
  • Hospice services

Learn more about lung cancer treatments.

Find a Fletcher Allen Health Care physician or call 877-540-HOPE (4673).