Objective: Accurate diagnosis and prognosis are essential in lung cancer treatment
selection and planning. With the rapid advance of medical imaging technology, whole slide …

Background Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is considered a high-risk pathologic feature in
resected non-small cell carcinoma (NSCLC). The ability to stratify stage I patients into risk …

We designed a prospective trial to determine the long-term prognosis of video-assisted
thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy versus conventional lobectomy for patients with clinical …

Pleomorphic carcinoma (PC) of the lung is rare, and it is classified as a subtype of
sarcomatoid carcinoma of the lung in the World Health Organization histologic classification …

PURPOSE: To assess for change in the 1990s in the failure of detection at chest
radiography of potentially resectable non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) lesions compared …

OBJECTIVE: Although visceral pleural invasion by non-small cell lung cancer is considered
a poor-prognostic factor, further information is lacking, especially in relation to other …

BACKGROUND.: The selection of stage IIIA N2 non-small cell lung cancer patients for
primary surgical treatment remains controversial. METHODS.: One hundred forty patients …

OBJECTIVE: To asses the incidence of local recurrence and distant metastases after
complete resection for stage I lung cancer in order to predict the predominant prognostic …

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to determine whether histologic grade independently
contributes to the prognosis of non–small cell lung cancer. METHODS: A total of 5018 …

Study objectives The basic premise of CT screening is that size is an important determinant
of survival in lung cancer. We sought to examine this hypothesis within stage IA non-small …