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Editorial
. 2020 Apr;12(4):1628-1631.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2020.02.15.

Prehabilitation in lung cancer resection-are we any closer to the ideal program?

Kajan Mahendran  1 , Babu Naidu  2
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Editorial

Prehabilitation in lung cancer resection-are we any closer to the ideal program?

Kajan Mahendran et al. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Apr.
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Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2020.02.15). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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