Open AccessLobectomy versus sub-lobar resection in patients with stage IA right middle lobe non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity score matched analysis
Author(s) -
Gang Lin,
Haibo Liu,
Jian Li
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.48
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , lung cancer , hazard ratio , stage (stratigraphy) , lymphadenectomy , subgroup analysis , proportional hazards model , surgery , gastroenterology , oncology , confidence interval , cancer , paleontology , biology
The aim of the present study was to compare the prognostic outcomes of patients with stage IA right middle lobe non-small cell lung cancers (RML NSCLCs) that underwent either lobectomy (LR) or sub-lobar resection (SLR) after 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM).