Stage I lung cancer-to operate or to radiate? that is the question

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
² Department of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

Editorial

Boris Sepesi et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Sep.

. 2016 Sep;8(9):2324-2327.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.08.36.

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
² Department of Thoracic and Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Lobectomy versus stereotactic body radiotherapy in healthy patients with stage I lung cancer.
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