Motono N, Iwai S, Iijima Y, et al. - Researchers examined if and how operative invasiveness is associated with the prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who have undergone surgery. They defined operative invasiveness by wound length, operation time, and the postoperative C-reactive protein (postCRP) level. On analyzing clinical data of 463 NSCLC patients, they identified preoperative CRP level to be linked with poor prognosis. While, for NSCLC patients, the VATS approach might be a less invasive procedure, there appeared no effect of operative invasiveness on the prognosis.