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Editorial
. 2019 Jul;7(Suppl 3):S147.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.06.24.

Long-term survival following thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer

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Long-term survival following thoracoscopic versus open lobectomy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Hussein Elkhayat et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Jul.
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