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Lung cancer resection rate is related to survival
  1. Kelvin K W Lau1,
  2. David A Waller1,
  3. Sridhar Rathinam1,
  4. Richard Page2,
  5. Mick D Peake3
  1. 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK
  2. 2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK
  3. 3National Cancer Intelligence Network, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Kelvin K W Lau, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK; jarrung@hotmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202752

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Treasure and colleagues1 provided a welcomed counterpoint to the belief that resection rate should go up in England. However, we feel the editorial is intentionally controversial and biased against the role of surgery. In particular, the authors question the relationship between resection rate and outcome but fail to cite the recent evidence that relates resection rate to survival in the UK: that the small excess mortality from operating in higher-risk groups was more than justified by the increase in overall survival from lung cancer.2

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  • Contributors KKWL, DAW and MDP conceived the idea. KKWL drafted the first version of the manuscript. DAW, MDP, SR and RP revised the manuscript and made substantial intellectual contribution. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

  • Competing interests None.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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