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. 2020 Aug;12(8):4578-4580.
doi: 10.21037/jtd-20-1930.

Prehabilitation in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer: current situation and future perspectives

Zi-Jia Liu  1 , Yue-Lun Zhang  2 , Yu-Guang Huang  1
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Prehabilitation in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for lung cancer: current situation and future perspectives

Zi-Jia Liu et al. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Aug.
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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-20-1930). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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