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Can limited pulmonary resection replace lobectomy for small sized lung cancer?

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T J Warke

Specialist Registrar, Regional Respiratory Centre, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK, tim@dsl.pipex.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.58.9.751

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▴ Koike T, Yamato Y, Yoshiya K, et al. Intentional limited pulmonary resection for peripheral T1N0M0 small-sized lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg2003;125:924–8

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In this study, patients with stage 1a peripheral non-small cell lung cancer (⩽2 cm maximum diameter) underwent either standard lobectomy (n=159) or limited resection (segmentectomy or wedge resection, n=74). All patients were considered fit for lobectomy and limited …