title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, Rome 00133, Italy. mineo@med.unirma2.it
authors.forename: Tommaso C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Mineo
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D058733:Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012272:Ribs; D013249:Sternum; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*