Surgical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages e71-e77 , June 2010

A new concept of endoscopic lung cancer resection: Single-direction thoracoscopic lobectomy

,Accepted 28 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.04.005

Surgical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages e71-e77 , June 2010

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