Long-term survival of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients who underwent robotic procedure: a propensity score-matched study.

CONCLUSIONS: Robotic lung resections result in similar long-term survival as compared with VATS and thoracotomy. Robot-assisted and VATS procedures are associated with short lengths of hospital stay, and the robotic procedure in particular results in superior lymph node assessment. Considering the alarming increase in the incidence of lung cancer in China, a nationwide database of prospectively collected data available for clinical research would be especially important. PMID: 27389329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Chinese Journal of Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Chin J Cancer Source Type: research