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Patient Beliefs about Lung Cancer Surgery
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
In the United States, lung cancer is the second most common cancer occurring in both men and women. Lung cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the lung divide without control. Sometimes the cancer cells quickly invade nearby tissue and spread through …
