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The Effects of Increased Provision of Thoracic Surgical Specialists on the Variation in Lung Cancer Resection Rate in England  Kelvin K.W. Lau, DPhil,

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1 The Effects of Increased Provision of Thoracic Surgical Specialists on the Variation in Lung Cancer Resection Rate in England  Kelvin K.W. Lau, DPhil, FRCS(CTh), Sridhar Rathinam, FRCSEd(CTh), David A. Waller, FRCS(CTh), Michael D. Peake, FRCS(CTh)  Journal of Thoracic Oncology  Volume 8, Issue 1, Pages (January 2013) DOI: /JTO.0b013e Copyright © 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions

2 FIGURE 1 The effect of volume and resection rates across England. Units with higher volume did not have a corresponding higher resection rate. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2013 8, 68-72DOI: ( /JTO.0b013e ) Copyright © 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions

3 FIGURE 2 Units that expanded their provision of specialist thoracic surgeons experienced a significantly larger increase in their resection rate than units that did not expand (p = 0.022). Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2013 8, 68-72DOI: ( /JTO.0b013e ) Copyright © 2012 International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Terms and Conditions


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