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The Thoracic Oncology service at Royal Papworth Hospital provides an investigation service for patients with suspected lung cancer. Currently our multi-disciplinary team investigates around 1,400 new patients a year.

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  • Home
  • Our hospital

    • Our hospital

    • About us

      • About us

      • What our patients say
    • Our history
    • Getting here
    • Our hospital

      • Our hospital

      • Photos and videos
    • How we are run

      • How we are run

      • Our Board of Directors
      • Our Council of Governors
      • Foundation Trust Members
    • Information we publish

      • Information we publish

      • Annual reports
      • Clinical Governance
      • Equality, diversity and inclusion
      • Freedom of information
      • Publication of spend
      • Privacy policy
      • Register of interests of decision-making staff
      • Constitution and Declarations
      • Infection prevention and control
      • Website accessibility statement
    • International partnerships
    • Our charity
    • Latest news
    • Royal Papworth Professional Development
    • Our Partners

      • Our Partners

      • East of England Cardiac Network Group
    • Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

      • Surgeons: At the Edge of Life

      • Careers in surgery
      • Behind the scenes
    • Royal Papworth Hospital Strategy 2020-25
    • Mycobacterium abscessus investigation
  • Patients and visitors

    • Patients and visitors

    • Getting here
    • Information for outpatients
    • Video Consultations
    • Staying in hospital

      • Staying in hospital

      • Wards and visiting times
      • What to bring with you into hospital
    • Patient advice and support

      • Patient advice and support

      • Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
      • Patient support groups
      • Access to medical records
      • Complaints
    • Consultant profiles
    • Patient information leaflets
    • Accommodation for relatives
    • Tell us about your experience
  • Our services

    • Our services

    • Cardiology services

      • Cardiology services

      • Our services
      • Patient information
      • Cardiac Rehabilitation
      • Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Unit
    • Respiratory services

      • Respiratory services

      • Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection (CCLI)
      • Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
      • Thoracic Oncology
      • Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit
      • Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre (RSSC)
      • Respiratory Physiology
    • Surgery

      • Surgery

      • Cardiac surgery
      • Thoracic surgery
      • Transplant services
      • Pulmonary endarterectomy service
    • Theatres, Critical Care and Anaesthetics

      • Theatres, Critical Care and Anaesthetics

      • Anaesthetics
      • Critical Care
      • Theatres
      • ECMO
      • Information for health professionals
    • Radiology

      • Radiology

      • Our services
      • Information for patients
    • Chaplaincy services

      • Chaplaincy services

      • Our services
      • Patient information
    • The Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre
    • Nutrition and dietetics

      • Nutrition and dietetics

      • Our services
      • Patient information
    • Occupational Therapy

      • Occupational Therapy

      • Our services
      • Patient information
    • Pharmacy

      • Pharmacy

      • Your hospital visit
      • Medicines formulary and shared guidelines
      • Homecare service
      • Information for healthcare professionals
      • Contact details
      • Current vacancies
      • Coronavirus: Medication for extremely vulnerable patients
    • Physiotherapy

      • Physiotherapy

      • Our services
      • Patient information
    • Support services

      • Support services

      • Pathology
      • Social work
      • Supportive and Palliative Care
  • Research and development

    • Research and development

    • Information for researchers

      • Information for researchers

      • Royal Papworth sponsored research
      • Non-Royal Papworth sponsored research
      • R&D performance
      • Running a study
      • Standard Operating Procedures
      • Publications
      • Patient and public involvement for researchers
    • Papworth Trials Unit Collaboration

      • Papworth Trials Unit Collaboration

      • Papworth Trials Unit Collaboration publications
      • Research projects
      • PTUC standard operating procedures
      • Who's who in the Clinical Trials Unit
    • Tissue bank for research

      • Tissue bank for research

      • Our services
      • Tissue bank - for researchers
      • Tissue bank - for the public
    • Innovation and intellectual property

      • Innovation and intellectual property

      • FAQ for researchers
      • Collaboration with research ideas
    • For patients and the public

      • For patients and the public

      • Useful information for patients and participants
      • Taking part in research
      • Patient Research Ambassadors (PRAs)
      • Patient events
    • Contact the R&D team
    • News and events

      • News and events

      • Latest news
      • R&D newsletters
      • Events
    • Heart Lung Research Institute (HLRI)
    • Library services

      • Library services

      • Join the library
      • How to find us
      • Locate or renew a book
      • Meet the team
      • Request a literature search
      • Electronic resources
      • Training
      • Research support
      • Keep up to date
      • FAQs
      • Request an article
      • Outreach services
      • Value and impact
      • Documents
      • Calendar
  • Working here

    • Working here

    • Our vacancies

      • Our vacancies

      • Admin & clerical vacancies
      • Additional clinical services vacancies
      • Allied Health Professionals vacancies
      • Estates and Ancillary vacancies
      • Healthcare Scientist vacancies
      • Medical vacancies
      • Nursing vacancies
      • Pharmacy vacancies
      • Professional Scientific & Technical vacancies
    • Staff benefits and wellbeing
    • Education and training
    • Volunteer with us
    • Meet our staff members
    • Recruitment events
    • Staff accommodation
    • Nursing at Royal Papworth

      • Nursing at Royal Papworth

      • Inside our critical care department
      • Become a cardiology nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital
      • Become a surgical nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital
  • Private Care

    • Private Care

    • Why Royal Papworth
    • Information for private patients

      • Information for private patients

      • Our services
      • About your visit
      • Paying for treatment
      • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Our consultants
    • Refer a patient
    • Make an enquiry
    • International patients
  • Contact us