Prehabilitation prior to lung cancer surgery: a small step forward

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Editorial

Andrew E Giles et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Dec.

. 2019 Dec;11(12):5664-5665.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.12.54.

¹ Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada.

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Conflict of interest statement

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

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