History of Segmentectomy for Lung Cancer

While until 1940s, pneumonectomy had been only one surgical method to treat lung cancer, it had surgical death frequently up to 40%. In 1950, Churchill made lobectomy succeeded for lung cancer [1]. In 1960, Cahan reported radical lobectomy for lung cancer with dissection of hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes [2]. Since then, lobectomy has been a standard surgical procedure for lung cancer until now for over 60 years.