Minimally invasive surgery is best treatment for early lung cancer

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Editorial

Scott J Swanson. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Jun.

. 2018 Jun;10(Suppl 17):S1998-S1999.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.171.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: Dr. Scott J. Swanson is a consultant for Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson.

Collaborating to assess the role of stereotactic body radiation therapy in medically operable stage I non-small cell lung cancer.
Cornwell LD, Moghanaki D. Cornwell LD, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Sep;10(Suppl 26):S3311-S3313. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.83. J Thorac Dis. 2018. PMID: 30370147 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is associated with greater recurrence-free survival than stereotactic body radiotherapy for clinical stage I lung cancer.
Cornwell LD, Echeverria AE, Samuelian J, Mayor J, Casal RF, Bakaeen FG, Omer S, Preventza O, Mai W, Chen G, Simpson KH, Moghanaki D, Zhu AW. Cornwell LD, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jan;155(1):395-402. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.07.065. Epub 2017 Aug 16. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018. PMID: 28888379

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