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Although multidisciplinary pathways already inform modality selection, three-dimensional (3D) anatomical reconstruction - despite its established role in segmentectomy planning - is rarely used as a shared patient-specific dataset to guide both resection and ablation decisions. In this perspective, a thoracic surgeon argues that, for a deep or cross-segment subsolid nodule with an established indication for local therapy, a single patient-specific 3D dataset can inform both branches of the decision. The same volumetric anatomy - including nodule size and consolidation-to-tumor ratio, segmental boundaries, bronchovascular relationships, pleura, and the chest wall - is first used to determine whether adequate-margin lung-sparing resection is achievable and, if it is not, to assess whether ablation is anatomically feasible through three sequential filters: trajectory safety, perilesional structural risk, and predicted ablative coverage. The approach is illustrated with a representative case and discussed in the contexts of multifocal disease, the post-resection lung, and perivascular lesions, together with the trade-offs associated with forgoing nodal staging and tissue diagnosis. The framework does not expand indications beyond those already supported by guidelines. Rather, it operationalizes these recommendations through patient-specific anatomy, with the aim of making modality selection more transparent, reproducible, and auditable. 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