Abstract:M AJOR ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE ABILITYto image and identify lung tumors and metastases, diagnose and stage lung cancer with minimally invasive techniques, and safely resect earlystage lung cancers in medically tenuous patients. However, despite remarkable technological achievements, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and 5-year survival is poor at 15.8%.1 In response to this situation in which advanced techniques have not resulted in meaningfully better outcomes, Cyker… Show more
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