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Editorial
. 2017 Jul;9(7):1806-1807.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.06.76.

Could tumor location-specific lymph node dissection be a tailored approach?

Yoshihisa Shimada  1 , Norihiko Ikeda  1
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Editorial

Could tumor location-specific lymph node dissection be a tailored approach?

Yoshihisa Shimada et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Jul.
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