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Ethnic difference in lung cancer: an important issue in a globalized society
Tomoya Kawaguchi1, Philip C Mack2
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Chemotherapy Center, Osaka City University Hospital, Osaka, Japan. (Email: kawaguchi.tomoya@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp).
Journal of Thoracic Disease
|August 18, 2020
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