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Background This study aimed to investigate whether sublobar resection (SR) is equivalent to lobectomy for small (≤ 2 cm) second primary lung cancer (SPLC). Methods We identified 834 patients with T1aN0M0 SPLC from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database during 2000-2016. Overall survival (OS) was compared between lobectomy and SR after propensity-score matching. A total of 228 patients with SPLC were identified from three institutions in China as the validation set. Results SR was an independent risk factor for