Role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and classic thoracotomy in lung cancer management

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-286

  Moffatt, Susan D ^a   Mitchell, John D ^a   Whyte, Richard I ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBIOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0036285847     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200207000-00007     Document Type: Review

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