Lung transplantation will not cure a person who has cystic fibrosis. After going through a lung transplant, you will have a healthy set of working lungs, provided your body doesn’t reject the transplant. However, you will still have CF in other parts of your body. Those parts will still be affected by CF, and you should still perform routine care for those organs. About 87% of people who have lung transplants for CF will be alive one year later, according to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. By the nine-year mark, approximately 50% of people who had a lung transplant are still living. When a lung transplant is successful, the recipient can breathe more easily and begin doing activities they enjoyed before their lungs were damaged. For more information about transplant and treatment options for cystic fibrosis, visit the UPMC Lung Transplant program website Editor's Note: This article was originally published on December 3, 2018, and was last reviewed on October 12, 2022.