Selection criteria in lung cancer surgery: what really changed?

Symposium
Chairs: R. M. Huber (Munich, Germany), G. Leschber (Berlin, Germany)
Aims: The aim of this session is to review and discuss the basis for the criteria of selection of lung cancer patients for radical surgical treatment. This session is organised jointly by the ESTS and the ERS.

Decreasing the need for upfront surgery: new imaging techniques and endoscopic staging P. De Leyn (Leuven, Belgium)
Increasing the need for upfront surgery: accurate physiological assessment C. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa)
Major causes for the surgical treatment failure S. Elia (Rome, Italy)
Marginal candidates for lung cancer surgery: is the consensus of real benefit? D. Subotic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)