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Prognostic Value of National Comprehensive Cancer Network Lung Cancer Resection Quality Criteria
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
Source: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Author(s): Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, Meredith A. Ray, Nicholas R. Faris, Matthew P. Smeltzer, Carrie Fehnel, Cheryl Houston-Harris, Raymond S. Signore, Laura M. McHugh, Paul Levy, Lynn Wiggins, Vishal Sachdev, Edward T. Robbins
