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Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer

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Lung Cancer

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 170))

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In this chapter, we discuss the preoperative evaluation that is necessary prior to surgical resection, stage-specific surgical management of lung cancer, and the procedural steps as well as the indications to a variety of surgical approaches to lung resection.

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Onugha, O.I., Lee, J.M. (2016). Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer. In: Reckamp, K. (eds) Lung Cancer. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 170. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40389-2_4

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