Current trends in lung resection for T1a non-small cell lung cancer: is lobectomy still the answer?

In light of the proposed new T1 sub-classification for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors ≤2 cm by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), there is a need to better understand the role of sublobar resection in the surgical management of early stage NSCLC (1).