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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;25:296
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Letter to the Editor

Can we avert the need for pneumonectomy by screening for lung cancer?

Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA

Received 5 September 2003; accepted 27 October 2003.

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Key Words: Pneumonectomy • Screening • Computerized tomogram • Lung cancer

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In the April issue of the European journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pierre Antoine Fuentes has provided a scholarly review on the adverse effects of pneumonectomy [1]. His very complete summary of the many bad things that can happen to the patient after this benighted operation explains why experienced thoracic surgeons fear this operation and regret clinical situations that mandate . . . [Full Text of this Article]