Comment from the authors: the tests combination in patients with lung cancer and malignant pleural effusion

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pneumonology and Thoracic Oncology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
² Department of Cytology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
³ Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.

Comment

Clement Brun et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 May.

. 2019 May;11(5):E74-E75.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.05.27.

¹ Department of Pneumonology and Thoracic Oncology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
² Department of Cytology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
³ Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
⁴ Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.
⁵ Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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