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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: TREATMENT PATTERNS AND PROGNOSIS

Centralization of lung cancer surgery in the Netherlands: differences in care and survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer between hospitals with and without in-house lung cancer surgery

Julianne Cynthia de RuiterDepartment of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
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David Jonathan HeinemanDepartment of Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; ;Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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Adrianus Johannes de LangenDepartment of Thoracic Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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Max DaheleDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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Ronald Alphons Maria DamhuisDepartment of Research, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organization, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Koen Johan HarteminkDepartment of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute – Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 384-387 | Received 06 May 2019, Accepted 26 Dec 2019, Published online: 07 Jan 2020

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