Lung Cancer

Lung surgery (thoracotomy) for lung cancer

Surgery Overview

Surgery to remove all or part of a lung involves opening one side of your chest (thorax) during a procedure called a thoracotomy. Surgery using this approach avoids areas in the chest containing the heart and the spinal cord.

After the chest is opened, surgery to remove all or part of the lung is done depending on the location, size, and type of lung tumor that is present.

How Well It Works

Surgery is more effective in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer when the lung mass can be completely removed and the cancer has not spread to lymph nodes or outside the chest cavity. Surgery is occasionally used in limited-stage small cell lung cancer, though only 5% to 10% of small cell lung cancers are diagnosed at this early stage.

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Which surgery for lung cancer?

- Factors affecting surgery
- Types of operation
- Safety of lung surgery
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