Perspective on malignant pleural mesothelioma diagnosis and treatment.
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Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of General Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA Correspondence to: David J. Sugarbaker, MD. Professor and Chief, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of General Surgery, Director, Lung Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Olga Keith Wiess Chair in Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Email: [email protected].
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of translational medicine
دوره 4 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016