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Exclusion criteria: patients unfit for bilateral surgery, pneumonectomy, multifocal ground-glass opacities, clinical stage IIIA or more, and preoperative treatment. Overall and disease-free survival (DFS) analyses were conducted with the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test, Cox-regression analysis was used to identify the predictors of worse survival.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>During the study period, 64 patients were screened for the presence of bilateral lung nodules, 45 patients (median age 69 years) were operated for mSBPLC and during the follow-up (median 34 months) we observed 11 deaths and 15 cancer recurrence. In the 80% of patients the main cancer was solid, contralateral was a part-solid in 20%, or pure ground-glass opacity in 20%. Adenocarcinoma was present in 77.8% at first surgery and in 80% at the second. Spread Through the Air Spaces (STAS) was present in 17.8%. The 5-year overall and DFS rate were 77% (median 86\u2009months, 95% CI 72.4-99.5-) and 57% (median 69\u2009months, 95% 32-105.9), respectively. Comparing survivals among patients with and without STAS, we had an overall survival of 0% vs 85% (86 vs 29\u2009months, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.01) and a DFS of 0% vs 63% (69 vs 9\u2009months, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.01). The multivariable analysis demonstrated STAS as significant predictor of worse overall (HR 7.08, P\u2009=\u2009.02) and DFS (HR 5.63, P\u2009=\u2009.017).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Taking into account the small and highly selected study population, staged bilateral surgery could be considered safe and oncologically adequate, showing the association between the presence of STAS and unfavourable long-term outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/icvts\/ivag209","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,25]],"date-time":"2026-07-25T11:39:44Z","timestamp":1784979584000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Spread Through Air Spaces in Multiple Synchronous Bilateral Primary Lung Cancer: Prognostic Implications in a Surgical 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