Shoud we Perform Robotic Video-Assisted Thoracic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer which had Large Tumor

Abstract

Background: It was reported that 27% of lung cancer patients were diagnosed with advanced stage by the time of detection. In Vietnam, RATS has only been recently developed. At Cho Ray Hospital, since our first case in July 2018, RATS lobectomy was developed rapidly with an increasing number of patients. We conducted this study to evaluate the efficacy of RATS lobectomy in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer.