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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:1002-1003
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32224, USA

odell.john@mayo.edu

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Two large North American series have assessed death associated with lung cancer. In 1983, the Lung Cancer Study Group (LCSG) published results of surgical resection for lung cancer [1]. These results are easy to remember, and I quote them closely to patients: 1.5% for wedge or segmental resection, 3% for lobectomy, and 6% for pneumonectomy—a doubling of risk per magnitude of the procedure. Despite concern quoting figures published 20 years ago, these figures are similar to my own personal results. Another, more recent large series published in 1995 included data from part of the prospective, multi-institutional National Veterans Affairs Surgical Quality Improvement Program [2]. In this series, a total of 3,516 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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