title: Reply to the editor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo.
authors.forename: Traves
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Crabtree
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D016634:Radiosurgery