Increasing T stage is associated with the need for more extensive lymph node assessment in clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer

Andrew Brownlee¹, Seth B Krantz^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA.
² NorthShore University Health System, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Evanston, IL, USA.

Editorial

Andrew Brownlee et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;11(Suppl 15):S1927-S1929.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.08.119.

Andrew Brownlee¹, Seth B Krantz^{1

2}

¹ University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA.
² NorthShore University Health System, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Evanston, IL, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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