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Editorial
. 2020 Apr;9(2):184-187.
doi: 10.21037/tlcr.2020.03.21.

Can the assessment of lymphocyte exhaustion serve as a prognostic predictor after lung cancer surgery?

Kenji Morimoto  1 , Yoshie Morimoto  1 , Junji Uchino  1
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Editorial

Can the assessment of lymphocyte exhaustion serve as a prognostic predictor after lung cancer surgery?

Kenji Morimoto et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2020 Apr.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tlcr.2020.03.21). JU reports grants from Astrazeneca, grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, grants from Eli Lilly and Company, outside the submitted work. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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