title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jean Minjoz Hospital, Boulevard Fleming, Besançon, 25000 France. pierre-emmanuel.falcoz@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Pierre-Emmanuel
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Falcoz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*