Is video-assisted thoracic lobectomy safe and successful for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1302-1303

  Cioffi, Ugo ^a   De Simone, Matilde ^a   Baisi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

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FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 84885929774     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.03.044     Document Type: Letter

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