Sarah Walters, Camille Maringe, Michel P Coleman, Michael D Peake, John Butler, Nicholas Young, Stefan Bergström, Louise Hanna, Erik Jakobsen, Karl Kölbeck, Stein Sundstrøm, Gerda Engholm, Anna Gavin, Marianne L Gjerstorff, Juanita Hatcher, Tom Børge Johannesen, Karen M Linklater, Colleen E McGahan, John Steward, Elizabeth Tracey, Donna Turner, Michael A Richards, Bernard Rachet
BACKGROUND: The authors consider whether differences in stage at diagnosis could explain the variation in lung cancer survival between six developed countries in 2004-2007. METHODS: Routinely collected population-based data were obtained on all adults (15-99 years) diagnosed with lung cancer in 2004-2007 and registered in regional and national cancer registries in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK. Stage data for 57 352 patients were consolidated from various classification systems...
June 2013: Thorax