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Northwestern Surgeons Perform Groundbreaking Double Lung Transplant on Mandy Wilk, Now Cancer-Free
Sep 25, 2024, 02:32 PM
Surgeons at Chicago's Northwestern Medicine have performed a first-of-its-kind double lung transplant on Mandy Wilk, a cancer patient who had been battling colorectal cancer for nearly eight years. The surgery, which took place in June, marks a first-of-its-kind procedure and has left Wilk cancer-free three months post-operation. The medical team and Wilk have hailed the surgery as a significant medical breakthrough.
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