Abstract

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer mortality globally. Low survival rate is related with diagnosis in advanced stages. Treatment of choice for early stages is surgery. Delaying surgical treatment in larger tumor sizes or suspicious N1 lymph nodes can result in upstaging and consequently poorer prognosis. COVID19 interfered with elective medical care, reducing number of patients referred for thoracic surgeons. We wanted to analyze the COVID19 pandemic impact in the number of patients that had lung cancer resection.

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