The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Short-Term and Long-Term Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer Risk Modeling.

Choosing the proper metrics to define quality for pulmonary resection for cancer is an important, yet complex task. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has developed both short-term and long-term lung cancer resection risk models that have been used for risk estimation and quality improvement purposes. Based on real-world data, these models are now available for direct application to patient care.