Although he is recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on mesothelioma surgery, Dr. Loic Lang-Lazdunski believes it takes a specialty center with multidisciplinary expertise to treat the cancer optimally.
“It’s the collaboration with experts in all the fields that will make us successful with these patients,” he said. “It’s the personalization of the treatment and the extensive experience from pulmonologists, surgeons, oncologists, pathologists, anesthetists and nurses on staff.”
Lang-Lazdunski has been a professor and a general and thoracic surgeon at Genolier Clinic in Switzerland since 2023. He twice served as the chief medical officer at the London Mesothelioma Clinic from 2021-2023 and from 2014-2020.
Lang-Lazdunski has served at several mesothelioma treatment centers. He moved to Quebec in 2020 to head the Pleural Mesothelioma Program at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute at Laval University. Prior to moving to Canada, he spent 12 years as a consultant thoracic surgeon at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London. He became a professor of thoracic surgery at King’s College, London, with a chair in mesothelioma in 2012.
In 2022, Lang-Lazdunski published research showing that cancer-directed surgery, systemic chemotherapy and prophylactic radiotherapy may provide a significant survival benefit in selected mesothelioma patients.
His extensive and successful experience in treating mesothelioma has led to an international following. Lang-Lazdunski collaborates with prominent mesothelioma specialists worldwide and has contributed to several landmark studies that have helped improve both the treatment and prognosis of pleural mesothelioma.
He is a member of several respected medical groups, including the International Mesothelioma Interest Group, the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.
Lang-Lazdunski is among the world’s most respected pleural mesothelioma surgeons. His skill, expertise and international surgical experience qualify him to review pages and author articles for Asbestos.com. His contributions ensure our pleural mesothelioma content remains current, consistent and medically correct.
He regularly contributes to the European Lung Cancer Congress, World Conference on Lung Cancer, American Society of Clinical Oncology, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com, the nation’s most trusted mesothelioma resource.
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