Sublobar resection is equivalent to lobectomy for clinical stage 1A lung cancer in solid nodules Nasser K. Altorki, MD, Rowena Yip, MPH, Takaomi Hanaoka, MD, Thomas Bauer, MD, Ralph Aye, MD, Leslie Kohman, MD, Barry Sheppard, MD, Richard Thurer, MD, Shahriyour Andaz, MD, Michael Smith, MD, William Mayfield, MD, Fred Grannis, MD, Robert Korst, MD, Harvey Pass, MD, Michaela Straznicka, MD, Raja Flores, MD, Claudia I. Henschke, PhD, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 147, Issue 2, Pages 754-764 (February 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.065 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Kaplan–Meier survival curves for 337 patients with clinical stage IA lung cancer manifesting as a solid nodule (nodule diameter of ≤30 mm), separately for those who underwent lobectomy (n = 294) and SLR (n = 53). CI, Confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 147, 754-764DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.065) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan–Meier survival curves for 306 patients with clinical stage IA lung cancer manifesting as a solid nodule (nodule diameter of ≤20 mm), separately for those who underwent lobectomy (n = 256) and SLR (n = 50). CI, Confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 147, 754-764DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.065) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions