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Mediastinal Staging in Lung Cancer
Correspondence: Vasileios S. Skouras, MD, PhD Department of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine 401 General Army Hospital 1 Kanellopoulou Street, 11526, Athens, Greece Tel.: +306973380282, Fax: +302106997765 Ε-mail: [email protected] SUMMARY. Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer worldwide. The most favourable prognosis is achieved with complete resection of the malignant tumour, which is only feasib...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Respiratory Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1198-2241
DOI: 10.1155/2014/890108