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Can adjuvant chemotherapy improve survival in patients with early-stage, resected non-small-cell lung cancer?

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Azzoli, C. Can adjuvant chemotherapy improve survival in patients with early-stage, resected non-small-cell lung cancer?. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2, 552–553 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncponc0350

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