Improvement of pulmonary function after lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer in emphysematous patients1
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- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Vol. 15 (5) , 602-607
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1010-7940(99)00062-7
Abstract
Objective: Pulmonary emphysema is frequently associated with lung cancer and, because of the impaired pulmonary function involved, it may contraindicKeywords
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