Enhanced recovery after surgery is well established in specialties such as colorectal
surgery. It is achieved through the introduction of multiple evidence-based perioperative …

Introduction: Adenocarcinoma is the most common histologic type of lung cancer. To
address advances in oncology, molecular biology, pathology, radiology, and surgery of lung …

Importance Lung cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of
cancer death in the US. In 2020, an estimated 228 820 persons were diagnosed with lung …

Background Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is used increasingly as an
alternative to thoracotomy for lobectomy in the treatment of early-stage non-small-cell lung …

Background The treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients
with good or low surgical risk is primarily surgical resection. However, this area is …

To complement the existing treatment guidelines for all tumour types, ESMO organises
consensus conferences to focus on specific issues in each type of tumour. The 2nd ESMO …

A high proportion of NSCLC patients present with symptoms in advanced disease stage.
The aim of lung cancer screening is to reduce lung cancer-related mortality by detecting …

In the decade since the last Lancet Seminar on lung cancer there have been advances in
many aspects of the classification, diagnosis, and treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer …

Surgical resection remains the only effective means of cure in the vast majority of patients
with earlystage lung cancer. It can be performed via a traditional open approach …

BACKGROUND: Several single-institution series have demonstrated that compared with
open thoracotomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy may be associated with fewer …