Non–small cell lung cancer

DS Ettinger, W Akerley, G Bepler, MG Blum… - Journal of the national …, 2010 - jnccn.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. An estimated
219,440 new cases (116,090 men; 103,350 women) of lung and bronchus cancer were …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized trials on safety and efficacy of video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy for early-stage non …

TD Yan, D Black, PG Bannon… - Journal of clinical …, 2009 - ascopubs.org
Purpose The current randomized trials comparing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
lobectomy with open lobectomy for patients with early-stage non–small-cell lung cancer …

Postoperative pain and quality of life after lobectomy via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery or anterolateral thoracotomy for early stage lung cancer: a randomised …

M Bendixen, OD Jørgensen, C Kronborg… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
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 …

Treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical …

JA Howington, MG Blum, AC Chang, AA Balekian… - Chest, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Long-term survival based on the surgical approach to lobectomy for clinical stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer: comparison of robotic, video-assisted thoracic surgery …

HX Yang, KM Woo, CS Sima, MS Bains… - Annals of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To compare the long-term outcomes among robotic, video-assisted thoracic
surgery (VATS), and open lobectomy in stage I nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) …

[HTML][HTML] Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity than open lobectomy: a propensity-matched analysis from the STS database

S Paul, NK Altorki, S Sheng, PC Lee… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Several single-institution series have demonstrated that compared with
open thoracotomy, video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy may be associated with fewer …

Open, video-assisted thoracic surgery, and robotic lobectomy: review of a national database

M Kent, T Wang, R Whyte, T Curran, R Flores… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background To date, reports on outcomes after robotic-assisted pulmonary resection have
been confined to small, single-institution case series. Furthermore, no comparison has been …

Surgery for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review of the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus thoracotomy approaches to lobectomy

BA Whitson, SS Groth, SJ Duval, SJ Swanson… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2008 - Elsevier
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lobectomy has been touted to provide
superior outcomes, compared with thoracotomy, for patients with early-stage non-small-cell …

[HTML][HTML] Lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) versus thoracotomy for lung cancer

RM Flores, BJ Park, J Dycoco, A Aronova… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The optimal surgical technique for lobectomy in lung cancer is not well
defined. Proponents of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) hypothesize that less trauma …

[HTML][HTML] Thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with lower morbidity compared with thoracotomy

NR Villamizar, MD Darrabie, WR Burfeind… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Advantages of thoracoscopic lobectomy include less postoperative pain,
shorter hospitalization, and improved delivery of adjuvant chemotherapy. The incidence of …