Multidisciplinary tumour boards and surgical intervention improve overall survival in patients with Stage III non-small-cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study.

Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · 2025 · PMC12289546 · PMID 40579221

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Although the survival benefit of surgery did not reach statistical significance in Stage IIIB and was less pronounced in Stage IIIC, the consistent direction of effect across subgroups suggests a clinically meaningful advantage when surgical decisions are guided by multidisciplinary evaluation.

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