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But Green's history of smoking a pack a day for 30 years and his doctor's insistence changed his mind. And when his low-dose CT scan (LDCT) identified an early stage tumor in his left lung, Green underwent surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, a teaching affiliate of the Tufts University School of Medicine, Burlington, Mass. He has been cancer-free since. “It wasn't so long ago that lung cancer was a death sentence,” he said.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Modern healthcare
دوره 45 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015