Tumor stage, squamous histology and male sex predict positive resection margins in non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing anatomical resection-a retrospective study from a high-volume thoracic surgery unit.

J Thorac Dis · 2026 · PMC13266855 · PMID 42306763

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While no specific driver mutation was associated with R status, the absence of such genetic alterations showed borderline significant association with positive resection margins (54.7% vs. 77.8%, P=0.058).

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