[The progress of lung cancer surgery]

Surgery has become one of the major treatments for lung cancer, increasing in number as well. Four times more patients undergo operation for lung cancer compared to 20 years age. The 5-years-survival rate of surgically treated patients this past 9 years was 55.2%. Technological advances in imaging and technical progress of diagnosis has lead to accurate staging prior to surgery. Group examination inables us to discover early lung cancer patients. Post operative adjuvant therapy such as LAK immunotherapy is also effective. The progress of extended surgery, surgical techniques such as bronchoplasty is also important. These factors are all responsible for the improvement of the survival rate for surgically treated patients.