Current trends in lung resection for T1a non-small cell lung cancer: is lobectomy still the answer?

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Syed S Razi et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Feb.

. 2017 Feb;9(2):E164-E165.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.02.26.

¹ Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, NY, USA.

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