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Ann Thorac Surg 2004;78:1909
© 2004 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Original Article: General Thoracic

INVITED COMMENTARY

W. Roy Smythe, MD

Department of Surgery, Texas A&M University Health ScienceCenter College of Medicine, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, 2401 S 31st St, Temple, TX 76508

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The article by Cerfolio and colleagues is an important addition to the literature in regard to our continuing struggle with how to best incorporate multidisciplinary care in the management of lung cancer patients. The fact that this is necessary is no longer debatable in this author's opinion. More than 70% of patients have systemic disease at the time of diagnosis, and we have hopefully and finally come to grips with the fact that a recurrence rate of 20% to 40% for "surgically curable" patients is not satisfactory. It has been known for quite some time by our medical oncology colleagues that radiographic findings . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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