Seminars in Oncology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 47-56 , February 2003

Surgical treatment of small cell lung cancer

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☆ Address reprint requests to Robert J. Ginsberg, MD, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada.

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doi: 10.1053/sonc.2003.50016

Seminars in Oncology
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 47-56 , February 2003

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