Luigi Ventura

Oct 31, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Marcello Migliore |Luigi Ventura |Wei Dai

1 IntroductionIn 1995, a randomized prospective trial conducted by the Lung Cancer Study Group (LCSG) reported that sublobar resection resulted in poorer survival rates with a higher recurrence rate compared to lobectomy in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (1). Subsequently, lobectomy has been established as the standard surgical procedure for NSCLC, even for cases involving small-sized lesions.