A call for standardization of training and certification of thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer

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Editorial

Erin M Corsini et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(Suppl 9):S1188-S1190.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.03.80.

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

Society for Translational Medicine expert consensus on training and certification standards for surgeons and assistants in minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer.
Liu L, Mei J, He J, Gao S, Li S, He J, Huang Y, Xu S, Mao W, Tan Q, Chen C, Li X, Zhang Z, Jiang G, Xu L, Zhang L, Fu J, Li H, Wang Q, Liu D, Tan L, Zhou Q, Fu X, Jiang Z, Chen H, Fang W, Zhang X, Li Y, Tong T, Yu Z, Liu Y, Zhi X, Yan T, Zhang X, Demmy TL, Berry MF, Gutierrez Pérez AB, Cataneo D, Bille A, Licht P, Kocher GJ, Oncel M, Evman S, Jensen K, Bagan P, Embun R. Liu L, et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Oct;10(10):5666-5672. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.08.72. J Thorac Dis. 2018. PMID: 30505474 Free PMC article. Review. No abstract available.

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