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Sublobar Resection in Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutant.
The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 Aug 2024
Mimae Takahiro, Miyata Yoshihiro, Tsubokawa Norifumi, Shimada Yoshihisa, Nagashima Takuya, Ito Hiroyuki, Ikeda Norihiko, Okada Morihito
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BACKGROUND: Lobectomy is a standard surgical procedure for peripherally located early-stage non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) measuring 2 to 4 cm. However, it is unclear whether sublobar resections, such as wedge resection and segmentectomy, are effective in treating tumors with driver mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). METHODS: We analyzed the clinicopathologic findings and surgical...
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