Early detection of central lung cancer: are we there yet?

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¹ Professor of Medicine National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA. musania@njhealth.org.
² Interventional Pulmonary Fellow, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado and Valley View Hospital, Glenwood Springs, CO, USA. alzubaidia@njhealth.org.

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Ali I Musani et al. Respir Res. 2015.

. 2015 Apr 23;16(1):53.

doi: 10.1186/s12931-015-0212-8.

¹ Professor of Medicine National Jewish Health and University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA. musania@njhealth.org.
² Interventional Pulmonary Fellow, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado and Valley View Hospital, Glenwood Springs, CO, USA. alzubaidia@njhealth.org.

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