The Differences in Clinicopathologic and Prognostic Characteristics Between Surgically Resected Peripheral and Central Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Background Pulmonary peripheral-type squamous cell carcinoma (p-SqCC) has been increasing in incidence. However, little is known about the clinicopathologic features of p-SqCC. This study aimed to investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics and clinical outcomes of p-SqCC compared with central-type SqCC (c-SqCC) in a large cohort of surgically resected lung SqCC patients with long-term follow-up results.