Lung Cancer
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 16-22 , April 2011

Lung cancer in England: Information from the National Lung Cancer Audit (LUCADA)

  • Anna L. Rich

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Clinical Sciences Building, City Campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 115 823 1349; fax: +44 115 823 1946.
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  • Laila J. Tata

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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  • Rosamund A. Stanley

      Affiliations

    • The NHS Information Centre, 1 Trevelyan Square, Leeds, LS1 6AE, United Kingdom
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  • Catherine M. Free

      Affiliations

    • University Hospitals of Leicester, Glenfield Hospital, Groby Road, Leicester, LE3 9QP, United Kingdom
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  • Michael D. Peake

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Effectiveness & Evaluation Unit, Royal College of Physicians, 11 St. Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4LE, United Kingdom
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  • David R. Baldwin

      Affiliations

    • Nottingham University Hospitals, City campus, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, United Kingdom
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  • Richard B. Hubbard

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Received 12 April 2010 ,Revised 1 July 2010 ,Accepted 6 July 2010.

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☆ This work is attributed to Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham.

PII: S0169-5002(10)00334-X

doi: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2010.07.002

Lung Cancer
Volume 72, Issue 1 , Pages 16-22 , April 2011

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