Minimally invasive thoracic surgery in lung cancer: respecting oncologic principles is the key

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Coruña University Hospital and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Unit (UCTMI), Coruña, Spain.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Hospital, San José, Costa Rica.

Editorial

Diego Gonzalez-Rivas et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Dec.

. 2018 Dec;6(Suppl 2):S125.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.12.20.

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Coruña University Hospital and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Unit (UCTMI), Coruña, Spain.
² Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Hospital, San José, Costa Rica.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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