Outcomes of sublobar resection vs lobectomy for invasive clinical stage T1N0 non-small-cell lung cancer: A propensity-match analysis.

Background: The role of sub lobar resection (SLR; either segmentectomy or wedge resection) vs lobectomy (LBCT) for invasive clinical stage T1N0 non-small-cell-lung-cancer (NSCLC) has not been fully established yet.

Aim: We aimed to characterize the preoperative parameters leading to selecting SLR and compare the overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) of these two surgical approaches.

Methods: Clinical data on 162 patients (LBCT-107; SLR-55) were prospectively entered in our departmental database.