Table 2 Lung cancer resection rates

From: The size of the prize for earlier diagnosis of cancer in England

Reference

Location

Period

Resection rate (%)

Damhuiss and Schutte (1996)

Rotterdam (Netherlands)

1984–1992

20

Myrdal et al (2009)

Sweden

1995–2003

17.5

Fry et al (1999)

USA

1985–1995

27*

Imperatori et al (2005)

Varese (Italy)

?

25

Information Centre for Health and Social Care, 2009b

England +

2005–2007

9–10.2

 

Wales

 

12

  1. *These figures relate to patients for whom a histological diagnosis had been made, rather than to the entire population of lung cancer patients.
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