Mediastinal lymph node resection in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer with small nodule: is it mandatory?

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Dong Kwan Kim. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug;9(8):2276-2278.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.07.37.

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine Seoul, South Korea.

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