High postoperative risk after pneumonectomy in elderly patients with right-sided lung cancer

van Meerbeeck J.P., Damhuis R.A.M., Vos de Wael M.L.

Source: Eur Respir J 2002; 19: 141-145
Journal Issue: January
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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