Dae Hyun Jin

INTRODUCTION Lung cancer screening programs and advances in medical therapy have improved the clinical outcomes of patients with lung cancer.1-3 For these patients, surgery has evolved with the introduction of minimally invasive approaches and rigorous discussion regarding the optimal extent of resection.4-6 Particularly, lung cancer resections have become much smaller than those in the past, when lobectomy was recommended as the primary choice.

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