Lung cancer surgery in women: focus on gender-related outcomes—a narrative review

Abstract

Background and Objective: The cases of lung neoplasm in women have been raised over the years. Genetic, molecular and hormonal factors play an important role and biologically differentiate the disease of female patients from males. Gender differences were also observed in the evaluation of post-operative results of lung cancer patients. Aim of this study is the analysis of gender-related outcomes after surgery for lung cancer, with the individuation of possible factors influencing the natural history of lung cancer disease in women. The authors evaluated literature and their single centre experience in robotic surgery, considering the lack of data in this field.