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Health</p> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="columns__item columns-col2"> <div > <div class="text-block paragraph paragraph--type--kan-text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="text-block__text"> <p>Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide and the Thoracic Oncology Program is poised to conquer it. UCSF provides state-of-the-art care to patients with lung cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, sarcoma and cancer that has metastasized to the chest. The program is led by <a style="line-height:1.4;" href="/bio/johannes-r-kratz" title="Johannes Kratz, MD">Johannes Kratz, MD,</a><span style="font-size:inherit;line-height:1.4;"> Interim Chief of the Section of Thoracic Surgery and Program Leader of the Thoracic Oncology Program. Patients receive treatment from a dedicated </span><a style="line-height:1.4;" href="/top-meet-the-team" title="Meet the Team">multidisciplinary team o</a><span style="font-size:inherit;line-height:1.4;">f specialists. At UCSF, one of the world's leading biomedical research centers, patients also have access to </span><a href="http://clinicaltrials.ucsf.edu" title="Clinical Trials">clinical trials</a> <span style="font-size:inherit;line-height:1.4;">for promising new drugs.</span></p><p>We are proud to be a regional, national, and international referral center for lung cancer. Our surgeons are known for their willingness to be aggressive in the appropriate case. We are also a high volume center for thoracic surgery, the largest on the West Coast. Our post-operative mortality rates are among the lowest anywhere.</p><p><span style="font-size:inherit;">We have extensive experience in performing minimally invasive thoracic surgery. That means shorter hospital stays, less post-operative pain, and a more rapid return to normal activities. For patients who need chemotherapy after surgery, it means they can begin their treatment faster and are better able to tolerate higher doses.</span></p><p>Our medical oncology group is led by <a href="/bio/matthew-gubens-md-ms">Matthew A. Gubens, MD, MS</a>, two the region's foremost and highly regarded thoracic oncologists. Other specialists treating patients, from radiation oncology, pulmonology, pathology, and imaging, are similarly dedicated and highly skilled. 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