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. 2016 Jun;5(3):247-50.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2016.06.05.

Pros: should a patient with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer undergo invasive mediastinal staging?

Carme Obiols  1 , Sergi Call  1
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Pros: should a patient with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer undergo invasive mediastinal staging?

Carme Obiols et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2016 Jun.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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