Meticulous lymph node dissection and gross pathological examination improves survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
² Department of Zoology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

Editorial

Matthias Heldwein et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Nov.

. 2018 Nov;10(Suppl 33):S3951-S3953.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.53.

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
² Department of Zoology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

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