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Does pneumonectomy for lung cancer adversely influence long-term survival?

April 26, 2017adversely influence long-term lung cancer pneumonectomy survival

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Does pneumonectomy for lung cancer adversely influence long-term survival?

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The increased operative mortality associated with pneumonectomy has stimulated the use of lung-sparing operations such as sleeve lobectomy. Whether pneumonectomy adversely affects long-term outcome after lung resection is unknown.