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Editorial
. 2020 Oct;12(10):5262-5264.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2020.04.50.

To resect, or not to resect: that is the question…

Caecilia Ng  1 , Herbert Maier  1 , Florian Augustin  1
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Editorial

To resect, or not to resect: that is the question…

Caecilia Ng et al. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Oct.
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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.2020.04.50). The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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