The necessity of mediastinal lymph node resection for screen-diagnosed non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) manifesting as subsolid nodule

Sukki Cho¹

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¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Sukki Cho. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Sep.

. 2016 Sep;8(9):E1079-E1081.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.08.68.

Sukki Cho¹

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer: Mediastinal Lymph Node Resection in Stage IA Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Manifesting as Subsolid and Solid Nodules.
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