Role of adjuvant therapy in early-stage small-cell lung cancer: comment on a population-based cohort study of patients with early-stage small-cell lung cancer

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Hisashi Saji et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;8(10):E1404-E1407.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.10.58.

¹ Department of Chest Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan.

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Role of Adjuvant Therapy in a Population-Based Cohort of Patients With Early-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer.
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