title: [Advances in Surgical Treatment of Early Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer].
abstract: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, computed tomography screening has made the disease spectrum of lung cancer shift from the previously predominating central local advanced squamous cell carcinoma to early stage lung adenocarcinoma represented by solitary pulmonary nodule, ground-glass opacity (GGO) and sub-centimeter nodule. This paper reviewed the recent proceeding in the surgical management of early stage lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College, Hangzhou 310003, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College, Hangzhou 310003, China.
authors.forename: Feichao
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bao
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D016896:Treatment Outcome