Target Localization for Thoracoscopic Major Pulmonary Resections

Lung cancer screening using low-dose CT-scan reduces lung cancer mortality as well as morbidity and mortality from other diseases discovered incidentally with a lung cancer detection rate of approximately 3% (National Lung Screening Trial Research Team et al. 2011; Horeweg et al. 2013; de Koning et al. 2020). If this screening is performed, following official institutional program or unofficial individual management by physician for considered high-risk patients, the increased number of CT-scan performed leads to a dramatic detection of undetermined pulmonary nodules ranging from 23% to 27%.