Non-small cell lung cancer in never smokers as a representative 'non-smoking-associated lung cancer': epidemiology and clinical features.

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Published in Int J Clin Oncol on May 13, 2011

Authors

Tokujiro Yano1, Akira Haro, Yasunori Shikada, Riichiroh Maruyama, Yoshihiko Maehara

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. tokujiro@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

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