Outcome of segmentectomy vs. lobectomy in patients with cT1a-b N0 lung cancer and postoperative N1 upstaging
Hafsa Kaman, Theresa Stork, Özlem Okumus, Mehran Jemsi, Ana-Maria Petrone, Yazan Alnajdawi, Stéphane Collaud · 2026
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Description
Hafsa Kaman and colleagues published a 2026 surgical study on a staging surprise in early lung cancer. Some patients chosen for a partial lung removal, segmentectomy, because scans showed small node-negative tumors, turn out after surgery to have cancer in nearby lymph nodes, called N1 upstaging. Whether those patients should return for completion lobectomy, removal of the whole lobe, is hotly debated. The team reviewed their institution's cases from 2013 to 2024.
Twenty-five patients with tumors of two centimeters or less and postoperative N1 upstaging were identified, with a median age of sixty-four. Sixteen had undergone lobectomy and the rest segmentectomy, all with lymph node dissection. Tumor sizes were similar between the surgical groups. The study compares disease-free and overall survival between the two operations to inform the redo-surgery debate.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hafsa Kaman, Theresa Stork, Özlem Okumus, Mehran Jemsi, Ana-Maria Petrone, Yazan Alnajdawi, Stéphane Collaud |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |