Lung Care at Providence Northwest Heart & Lung
When you’re a patient at Providence Northwest Heart & Lung, we don't just treat your lung condition – we treat you. You’ll receive whole-person care for your body, mind and spirit. Our expert thoracic surgeons use minimally invasive techniques in a majority of our cases to reduce pain and improve recovery time, leading to better outcomes for you.
Lung Care at Providence Northwest Heart & Lung
When you’re a patient at Providence Northwest Heart & Lung, we don't just treat your lung condition – we treat you. You’ll receive whole-person care for your body, mind and spirit. Our expert thoracic surgeons use minimally invasive techniques in a majority of our cases to reduce pain and improve recovery time, leading to better outcomes for you.
Why Choose Us for Your Lung Care?
As our patient, you have access to the best specialists and a full range of support services for you and your loved ones – all conveniently located. We’re also able to minimize the time between your diagnosis and treatment with coordinated, whole-person care that always puts you first.
About Lung Conditions
We treat a wide range of lung conditions, from abscesses due to lung infections to lung cancer. Lung cancer is a type of thoracic cancer that begins in the lungs. It is often caused by exposure to tobacco, though there are rising numbers of patients being diagnosed with lung cancer who have never smoked or been exposed to secondhand smoke.
Our expert team uses the most effective, leading-edge therapies to treat patients with lung conditions of all types, including:
Non-cancerous (benign) chest conditions:
- Achalasia
- Diaphragm disorders
- Diaphragm paralysis
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Lung abscess
- Lung infections
- Myasthenia gravis
- Paraesophageal/hiatal hernia
- Pectus excavatum or carinatum
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumothorax
- Rib and sternal fractures
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Thoracic schwannomas and peripheral nerve sheath tumors
- Thymoma
- Tracheal stenosi
- Tracheobronchomalacia
Cancerous (malignant) conditions:
- Chest masses
- Chest wall tumors and reconstruction
- Esophageal cancer
- Lung cancer
- Lung masses
- Lymphoma
- Mesothelioma
- Pleural tumors
- Thymic cancer
Other conditions:
- Chest wall deformities
- Hyperhidrosis
- Lung nodules
- Mediastinal masses
- Pulmonary emphysema
Meet the Team
At Providence, you'll have access to a vast network of dedicated and compassionate providers who offer personalized care by focusing on treatment, prevention and health education.
Recognition
U.S. News & World Report - High Performing Hospital in Lung Cancer Surgery (2024-25)
American College of Surgeons (ACS) - Commission on Cancer Accredited Program
Commonly Used Testing and Diagnostics
Your doctors use many diagnostic and prognostic tools to determine which therapies work best to treat your cancer. Taking into account factors specific to your case, like cancer type and the genetic or molecular profile of the tumor, these may include one or more of the following:
- Gene expression assay
- Genomic tumor profiling (ALK, BRAF, EGFR, MET, NTRK 1/2/3, KRAS, RET, ROS)
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)
- PET/CT scan
Supporting Our Cancer Patients
Part of treating your illness means supporting and empowering you as a whole person – body, mind and spirit. We offer key support services beyond conventional treatment to help you and your loved ones through your treatment journey as comfortably as possible. Services include:
- Cancer rehabilitation
- Chaplain services
- Childcare services
- Guest housing
- Lending libraries
- Oncology nutrition experts
- Organ transplant support
- Peer support
- Pharmacotherapy services
- Support groups
- Transportation resources
Part of Providence Regional Cancer Center
As part of the largest specialty provider group in the region, our dedicated experts care for patients in six hospitals and nearly 20 outpatient locations throughout the Inland Northwest. Regardless of where you go for care, you have an entire team of cancer experts working hand in hand to provide you with the best possible outcomes.
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