Advances of sublobar resection for early non-small cell lung cancer / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

The curative treatment of choice for stage Ⅰ or Ⅱ non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients is usually surgical resection and the two surgical resection methods are lobectomy and sublobar resection.At present,the standard resection for early stage NSCLC is lobectomy.But more and more researches involve the sublobar resection for early stage NSCLC and its effect has been controversial.The research of how to improve the outcomes of sublobar resection is also emerging endlessly.The present paper reviews the effect of sublobar resection and the factors of impacting on its curative effect.