The slippery slope of nonoperative therapy in early-stage lung cancer

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¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. Electronic address: dcunhaj@upmc.edu.

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Lara W Schaheen et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Sep.

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. 2017 Sep;154(3):1121-1122.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.06.009. Epub 2017 Jun 10.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
² Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. Electronic address: dcunhaj@upmc.edu.

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All evidence points to the need for collaborative care.
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A national analysis of wedge resection versus stereotactic body radiation therapy for stage IA non-small cell lung cancer.
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