The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 247-254 , February 2008

Data from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery database: The surgical management of primary lung tumors

  • Daniel J. Boffa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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  • Mark S. Allen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Rochester, Minn
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Mark S. Allen, MD, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St, SW, Rochester, MN 55905.
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  • Joshua D. Grab

      Affiliations

    • The Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC
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  • Henning A. Gaissert, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass
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  • David H. Harpole, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC.
    • ,
  • Cameron D. Wright, MD

      Affiliations

    • The Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass

Received 4 May 2007 ,Revised 20 July 2007 ,Accepted 26 July 2007.

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 Read at the Eighty-seventh Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Washington, DC, May 5-9, 2007.

PII: S0022-5223(07)01501-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.07.060

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 135, Issue 2 , Pages 247-254 , February 2008

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