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Editorial
. 2020 Jun 15;26(2):10.7196/AJTCCM.2020.v26i2.075.
doi: 10.7196/AJTCCM.2020.v26i2.075. eCollection 2020.

Younger, not better: No influence of age on lung cancer stage at diagnosis in South Africa

Greg Calligaro  1
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Editorial

Younger, not better: No influence of age on lung cancer stage at diagnosis in South Africa

Greg Calligaro. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med. .
No abstract available

Keywords: NSCLC; lung cancer; staging.

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