Video-Assisted Surgery in Treating Patients With Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer

About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Lung Cancer focused on measuring occult non-small cell lung cancer, stage I non-small cell lung cancer, stage 0 non-small cell lung cancer
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Suspected or histologically documented non-small cell lung cancer Solitary, peripheral lung lesion that is no greater than 3.0 cm No metastatic disease No positive lymph nodes at mediastinoscopy At least 5 years since diagnosis of non-small cell or small cell lung cancer PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Not specified Performance status: ECOG 0-2 Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Not specified Hepatic: Not specified Renal: Not specified Pulmonary: FEV1 at least 1.0 L or at least 50% of predicted Other: No significant comorbid medical or psychiatric condition No other active malignancy other than nonmelanomatous skin cancer PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Birmingham
- CCOP - Scottsdale Oncology Program
- University of California San Diego Cancer Center
- Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Palo Alto
- UCSF Cancer Center and Cancer Research Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Francisco
- Stanford University Medical Center
- CCOP - Colorado Cancer Research Program, Inc.
- CCOP - Christiana Care Health Services
- Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Gainsville
- CCOP - Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Miami
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Tampa (Haley)
- Emory University Hospital - Atlanta
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Atlanta (Decatur)
- Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Lakeside Chicago
- University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Chicago (Westside Hospital)
- University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
- CCOP - Central Illinois
- CCOP - Evanston
- CCOP - Illinois Oncology Research Association
- CCOP - Carle Cancer Center
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Indianapolis (Roudebush)
- CCOP - Cedar Rapids Oncology Project
- CCOP - Iowa Oncology Research Association
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Wichita
- MBCCOP - LSU Health Sciences Center
- CCOP - Ochsner
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Togus
- Marlene & Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland
- Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
- New England Medical Center Hospital
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
- CCOP - Ann Arbor Regional
- CCOP - Kalamazoo
- CCOP - Duluth
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Minneapolis
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center
- Mayo Clinic Cancer Center
- CCOP - Metro-Minnesota
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Columbia (Truman Memorial)
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center - Columbia
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Omaha
- CCOP - Missouri Valley Cancer Consortium
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
- CCOP - Southern Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - East Orange
- CCOP - Northern New Jersey
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Albany
- Albert Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Brooklyn
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Buffalo
- CCOP - North Shore University Hospital
- North Shore University Hospital
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - New York
- NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- New York Presbyterian Hospital - Cornell Campus
- Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY
- University of Rochester Cancer Center
- State University of New York - Upstate Medical University
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Syracuse
- CCOP - Syracuse Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York, P.C.
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Durham
- Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Southeast Cancer Control Consortium
- Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
- CCOP - Merit Care Hospital
- Ireland Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Cleveland
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- CCOP - Columbus
- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital - Ohio State University
- CCOP - Toledo Community Hospital Oncology Program
- CCOP - Sooner State
- CCOP - Geisinger Clinic and Medical Center
- Hahnemann University Hospital
- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Pittsburgh
- CCOP - MainLine Health
- Rhode Island Hospital
- Medical University of South Carolina
- CCOP - Sioux Community Cancer Consortium
- University of Tennessee, Memphis Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Memphis
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Nashville
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - White River Junction
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Richmond
- MBCCOP - Massey Cancer Center
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Madison
- University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
- CCOP - Marshfield Medical Research and Education Foundation
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Milwaukee (Zablocki)
- MBCCOP - San Juan
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center - San Juan
- Pretoria Academic Hospitals
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
video-assisted surgery
Patients undergo video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy, which requires 3 small incisions on the side of the chest. The entire anatomic pulmonary lobe is removed, as well as all peribronchial lymph nodes and anterior hilar lymph nodes. If it is not possible to remove the lobe using the VATS approach, then 1 of the incisions is converted to a standard thoracotomy. Patients are followed every 4 months for the first 2 years, and then every 6 months for the next 3 years.