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Editorial
. 2019 Mar;11(Suppl 3):S422-S424.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.11.68.

Improving lung cancer diagnosis: the evolving role of patients and care providers

Mike R Sung  1 , Natasha B Leighl  1
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Editorial

Improving lung cancer diagnosis: the evolving role of patients and care providers

Mike R Sung et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: NB Leighl has received institutional research support from Array, honoraria for accredited CME from Astra Zeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, MSD, Roche and consulting fees from the Canadian Agency from Drugs and Technologies in Health. MR Sung has no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Lung cancer stage-shift following a symptom awareness campaign.
    Kennedy MPT, Cheyne L, Darby M, Plant P, Milton R, Robson JM, Gill A, Malhotra P, Ashford-Turner V, Rodger K, Paramasivam E, Johnstone A, Bhartia B, Karthik S, Foster C, Lovatt V, Hewitt F, Cresswell L, Coupland VH, Lüchtenborg M, Jack RH, Moller H, Callister MEJ. Kennedy MPT, et al. Thorax. 2018 Dec;73(12):1128-1136. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2018-211842. Epub 2018 Jun 27. Thorax. 2018. PMID: 29950525

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