The Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Lung Cancer Clinic offers patients initial consultations, second opinions and follow-up care for patients with actual or suspected malignancies of the chest, including lung cancer, mesothelioma, chest sarcomas, thymomas and lung metastases. 

Patients who visit the clinic meet with a team of physicians at their initial visit. The physicians assess each patient and develop an individualized treatment plan. Follow-up testing and treatment appointments will be arranged for you by our nurse coordinator to ensure a continuum of care. 

Advanced Treatment Options  

As part of the clinic, you will receive the newest treatments and therapies available for lung cancer, including:

• Minimally invasive surgery (i.e. VATS lobectomy) when appropriate to decrease recovery time and post surgical pain
• Targeted therapies to block substances that stimulate the growth of tumor cells and their blood supply
• Radiation therapy that is delivered using conventional or intensity-modulated 3-D techniques, including TomoTherapy, to provide a concentrated dose of radiation to tumors while limiting the dose to healthy lung tissue
• 4-D simulation, which assesses the way a tumor moves when a person breathes, to help improve the precision of radiation therapy
• FDA-approved and investigational chemotherapeutic drugs
• Photodynamic therapy, a laser therapy used to reduce symptoms of lung cancer when the cancer cannot be removed through surgery and to treat very small tumors in patients for whom the usual treatments are not appropriate
• A combination treatment regimen, developed at Rush, that involves high-dose chemotherapy along with radiation on a "pulsed" schedule, with breaks in treatment between the cycles of chemotherapy – an approach that offers similar results but fewer side effects than continuous treatment 

This is only a partial list of the treatment options offered here at Rush. For more information, please contact our office at (312) 563-2156. More more information about advanced surgical options, please see our Thoracic Surgery page.

Research and Clinical Trials

Through our active research program, patients can enroll in one of our numerous lung cancer research studies. Researchers at Rush are focused on developing important new diagnostic blood tests to help our physicians better treat our lung cancer patients. These studies use a variety of cutting-edge biomedical research strategies, including genomic and proteomic methodologies, for these efforts. For more information, please see our Lung Cancer Clinical Trials page.

Complementary Integrative Medicine

Rush has a dedicated Cancer Integrative Medicine program which offers patients access to complementary treatments that include psychological counseling, nutritional counseling, acupuncture, biofeedback, guided imagery, massage therapy, medical hypnosis and yoga. For more information, see our Cancer Integrative Medicine Program page.

Supportive Services

Rush is committed to helping patients and their families cope with the psychological, emotional and spiritual effects of cancer. We offer access to a variety of cancer support programs, including the opportunity to meet with an American Cancer Society patient navigator, who assesses the individual patient needs and provides information about available community services and programs. For more information, please visit our Patient Navigator page.

Second Opinion Services

The Comprehensive Lung Cancer Clinic is available for second opinion services. For more information about the importance of a second opinion, please see our Seeking a Second Opinion page. Patients or physicians are also encouraged to call our clinic at (312) 563-2156. 

Appointment and Location Information

For more information, or to make an appointment with the Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Lung Cancer Clinic, please call (312) 563-2156.

Our center is located in the Professional Office Building at Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W. Harrison St., Suite 855, Chicago, IL 60612.