Searching for the perfect lymphadenectomy

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Federico Venuta et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug;5(15):311.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.05.03.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Rationale for a Minimum Number of Lymph Nodes Removed with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resection: Correlating the Number of Nodes Removed with Survival in 98,970 Patients.
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