Overview
This study is one of Eastern Cooperative Thoracic Oncology Projects (ECTOP-1014). The goal of this clinical trial is to confirm the concordance rate between intra-operative frozen section pathological diagnosis and post-operative paraffin embedded pathological diagnosis, and use this result to guide surgical treatment for early stage (cT1N0M0) lung adenocarcinomas.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who sign the informed consent form and are willing to complete the study according to the study protocol;
- No previous history of cancer or pulmonary surgery;
- Solitary lesions or multiple lesions with only one not manifesting as pure ground-glass opacity (GGO) on CT scan;
- Peripheral clinical T1N0M0 patients that are eligible for surgery;
- Non-small cell lung cancer is pathologically diagnosed before or at surgery;
- No radiation therapy or chemotherapy before surgery.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with clinical stages other than T1N0M0;
- The lesion cannot be completely resected;
- Previous history of cancer;
- Patients having received radiation therapy or chemotherapy.