Comment on

• The role of receipt and timeliness of treatment in socioeconomic inequalities in lung cancer survival: population-based, data-linkage study.

  Forrest LF, Adams J, Rubin G, White M. Forrest LF, et al. Thorax. 2015 Feb;70(2):138-45. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205517. Epub 2014 Jun 12. Thorax. 2015. PMID: 24923873
• Survival of Australian lung cancer patients and the impact of distance from and attendance at a thoracic specialist centre: a data linkage study.

  Tracey E, McCaughan B, Badgery-Parker T, Young J, Armstrong B. Tracey E, et al. Thorax. 2015 Feb;70(2):152-60. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205554. Epub 2014 Jul 29. Thorax. 2015. PMID: 25074705
• The impact of the 'hub and spoke' model of care for lung cancer and equitable access to surgery.

  Khakwani A, Rich AL, Powell HA, Tata LJ, Stanley RA, Baldwin DR, Duffy JP, Hubbard RB. Khakwani A, et al. Thorax. 2015 Feb;70(2):146-51. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205841. Epub 2014 Sep 2. Thorax. 2015. PMID: 25182047
• What characteristics of primary care and patients are associated with early death in patients with lung cancer in the UK?

  O'Dowd EL, McKeever TM, Baldwin DR, Anwar S, Powell HA, Gibson JE, Iyen-Omofoman B, Hubbard RB. O'Dowd EL, et al. Thorax. 2015 Feb;70(2):161-8. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205692. Epub 2014 Oct 13. Thorax. 2015. PMID: 25311471 Free PMC article.