Should a therapeutic strategy be based on how the disease was diagnosed?

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Editorial

Masaaki Sato. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Mar.

. 2018 Mar;10(3):1245-1247.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.92.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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