This guideline is based on a comprehensive review of the literature on pulmonary nodules
and expert opinion. Although the management pathway for the majority of nodules detected …

Introduction: Adenocarcinoma is the most common histologic type of lung cancer. To
address advances in oncology, molecular biology, pathology, radiology, and surgery of lung …

Background The treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients
with good or low surgical risk is primarily surgical resection. However, this area is …

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality not only in the United States but
also around the world. In North America, lung cancer has become more predominant among …

Purpose According to the lung cancer staging project, T1a (≤ 2 cm) non–small-cell lung
cancer (NSCLC) should be additionally classified into≤ 1 cm and> 1 to 2 cm groups. This …

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lobectomy has been touted to provide
superior outcomes, compared with thoracotomy, for patients with early-stage non-small-cell …

Purpose This study investigated the accuracy of intraoperative frozen section (FS) diagnosis
for predicting the final pathology (FP) of peripheral small-sized lung adenocarcinoma and …

BACKGROUND: Segmental resection for stage I non–small cell lung cancer remains
controversial. Reports suggest that segmentectomy confers no advantage in preserving lung …

Objective: Using a national database, we asked whether video-assisted thoracoscopic
surgery (VATS) lobectomy is beneficial in high-risk pulmonary patients. Background: Single …

Integrating current evidence with fundamental concepts from decision analysis suggests that
management of patients with pulmonary nodules should begin with estimating the pretest …