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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY

Estimates of lung and pancreatic cancer survival in Sweden with and without inclusion of death certificate initiated (DCI) cases

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Pages 1322-1328 | Received 06 Apr 2020, Accepted 16 Sep 2020, Published online: 16 Oct 2020

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