title: The surgical management of stage I and stage II lung cancer.
abstract: There have been recent advances in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Surgical resection remains the cornerstone in the treatment of patients with stages I and II NSCLC. Anatomic lobectomy combined with hilar and mediastinal lymphadenectomy constitutes the oncologic basis of surgical resection. The surgical data favor video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy over open lobectomy and have established VATS lobectomy as a gold standard in the surgical resection of early-stage NSCLC. However, the role of sublobar pulmonary resection, either anatomic segmentectomy or nonanatomic wedge resection, in patients with subcentimeter nodules may become important.
authors: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 161 Fort Washington Avenue #301, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors: Lyall A
authors: LA
authors: Gorenstein
authors: Joshua R
authors: JR
authors: Sonett
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging