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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:951
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Jean Minjoz Hospital, Boulevard Fleming, Besançon, 25000 France

(Email: pierre-emmanuel.falcoz@wanadoo.fr).

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This article by Sekine and associates [1] seeks to address an important but often overlooked area of assessment of thoracic surgical results. Indeed, it contributes to our understanding of the close relation between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer, as with other retrospective studies published in the past.

In the present article the authors add to their previous contributions by addressing the interesting and seldom debated question of the relation between COPD male patients and survival in the framework of stage IA lung cancer. . . . [Full Text of this Article]