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Minimally invasive surgery effective for early-stage lung cancer
Survival rates among patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer who underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery appeared similar to those of patients who underwent traditional thoracotomy, according to results of a retrospective cohort noninferiority study.
“Our study suggests that the minimally invasive approach is just as effective as the traditional approaches through a bigger incision,” Daniel J. Boffa, MD, associate professor of thoracic surgery at Yale School of Medicine, told HemOnc Today. “Minimally invasive surgical techniques can be used in patients with early-stage lung cancer without compromising the potential for surgery to cure the patient.”
Source: Healio