Is left upper lobectomy always worthwhile for early stage lung cancer? A comparison between left upper lobectomy, trisegmentectomy, and lingulectomy.

Vittorio AprilePietro BertoglioPaolo DiniGerardo PalmieroAlfredo MussiMarcello Carlo AmbrogiMarco Lucchi

Published in: Journal of surgical oncology (2017)

Lingulectomy and trisegmentectomy lead to similar oncological outcomes compared to left upper lobectomy for T1 and T2 N0 NSCLC, and they could be used as an alternative to lobectomy even in patients with a good pulmonary function.

Keyphrases

early stage
small cell lung cancer
thoracic surgery
prostate cancer
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
lymph node