Occult pN2 disease in lung cancer patients: a wide range of diseases endangering the long term prognosis

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Marc Riquet et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug;9(8):2271-2275.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.07.23.

¹ Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France.

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