Table 1:  Eligibility criteria for surgical intervention [10]
Priorities in thoracic surgical oncology
T2NO solid tumours naïve from treatment or after induction chemotherapy
Resectable T3/T4 solid tumours naïve from treatment or after induction chemotherapy
Resectable N1/N2 disease naïve from treatment or after induction chemotherapy
Diagnostic procedure such as mediastinoscopy/thoracoscopy/pleural biopsy for diagnostic/staging work-up
Persistent air leak
Evacuation of empyema-abscess
Drainage ± pleurodesis of pleural effusion