Invasive Mediastinal Staging Guideline Concordance
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The non‐invasive mediastinal staging of non‐small lung cancer
Four years after the 1st edition [1], the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) has published its 2nd edition of their evidence based clinical practice guidelines on the di‐ agnosis and management of lung cancer [2]. The goal of these guidelines is to assist chest physicians in achieving the best outcomes possible for their patients taking into account the new evidence based knowledge and...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.12.010