For decades, lobectomy has been the standard of care for the surgical management of non-
small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) based on the small randomized controlled study from the …

OBJECTIVES Segmentectomies can be classified as simple or complex and are
increasingly performed for early-stage lung cancer. Complex segmentectomy requires the …

The extent of surgical resection for peripheral clinical T1N0M0 non-small cell lung cancer
(NSCLC)≤ 2 cm continues to be a matter of debate. Eighteen years ago, a randomized …

Background Lung segmentectomy is an option for the treatment of noninvasive or minimally
invasive lung cancer. For tumors located in the left upper division (LUD), LUD …

OBJECTIVES Only few studies compared the surgical morbidity and mortality of
thoracoscopic segmentectomy versus lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer, in particular …

The study from Holguin and colleagues, 1 employing the National Cancer Database (a
registry maintained by the American Cancer Society and the American College of …

Moreover, combination of total tumor size and CTR in the JCOG trials is not in accordance
with the T descriptor in the current TNM staging. 6 According to the JCOG 0802 criteria …

A best evidence topic in thoracic surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The
question addressed was 'In patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer, is video …

Since the late nineties minimally invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
technique has gained increasing acceptance for anatomical resection of lung cancer with …

Recently, Winckelmans et al.[1] conducted a meta-analysis comparing the effect of
segmentectomy with that of lobectomy in treating patients with earlystage non-small-cell …