Reply to Yamamoto et al

Affiliations

¹ University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada gail.darling@uhn.ca.
² Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Comment

Gail E Darling et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jul.

. 2014 Jul;46(1):151.

doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt455. Epub 2013 Sep 24.

¹ University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada gail.darling@uhn.ca.
² Department of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Non-small-cell lung cancer; Propensity matching; VATS lobectomy.

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