State of the art and new perspectives in surgical treatment of lung cancer: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and its incidence has increased over the past two decades. The standard care for stage I, stage II, and selected cases of stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is surgical resection; in some cases, patients may be offered adjuvant systemic therapy after surgical resection. Patients with lung cancer presenting with distant metastases belong to stage IV: in this setting, some carefully selected patients may benefit from surgery within a multimodality approach.

Methods

We performed a comprehensive, non-systematic review of the latest literature to define the present role of surgery in lung cancer treatment.

Key content and findings

The literature review disclosed a pivot

SUBMITTER: Petrella F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9641123 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature