Long-Term Survival after Extended Sleeve Lobectomy (ESL) for Central Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A Meta-Analysis with Reconstructed Time-to-Event Data.

Dimitrios E MagouliotisProkopis-Andreas ZotosAnna P KaramolegkouEvangelos TatsiosKyriakos SpiliopoulosThanos Athanasiou

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

The present meta-analysis indicates that ESL is associated with enhanced survival outcomes compared to PN for patients with central NSCLC. Further randomized controlled trials are necessary to validate our findings.

Keyphrases

small cell lung cancer
systematic review
meta analyses
advanced non small cell lung cancer
randomized controlled trial
electronic health record
brain metastases
big data
clinical trial
machine learning
case control
study protocol
tyrosine kinase
thoracic surgery