Sep 26, 2024
Northwestern Medicine performs groundbreaking double-lung transplant on woman battling cancer
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
CHICAGO — Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine successfully completed a double-lung transplant on a Minnesota woman who was battling cancer. In 2017, at just 34 years old, Amanda “Mandy” Wilk initially suspected she had food poisoning. However, her lingering symptoms prompted further investigation, ultimately leading to her diagnosis of stage 4 colorectal cancer.