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Editorial
. 2019 Sep;7(Suppl 6):S202.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.07.15.

Advocate the implementation of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy program for early stage lung cancer treatment: time to transfer from why to how

Hongbin Zhang  1 , Jens Carsten Rueckert  1
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Editorial

Advocate the implementation of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy program for early stage lung cancer treatment: time to transfer from why to how

Hongbin Zhang et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Sep.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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