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Editorial
. 2022 Sep;14(9):3638-3647.
doi: 10.21037/jtd-22-371.

Lung cancer surgery in Denmark

Joakim Grant Frederiksen  1 , Thomas Decker Christensen  2 , René Horsleben Petersen  1
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Editorial

Lung cancer surgery in Denmark

Joakim Grant Frederiksen et al. J Thorac Dis. 2022 Sep.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at https://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/10.21037/jtd-22-371/coif). The series “Thoracic Surgery Worldwide” was commissioned by the editorial office without any funding or sponsorship. TDC has in the last 36 month been on the speaker bureaus for AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb and has been in an Advisory Board for Sanofi and AstrZeneca. RHP serves as an unpaid editorial board member of Journal of Thoracic Disease and he reports speaker fee from Medtronic and AMBU and advisory board membership in AstraZeneca, MSD and Roche. The authors have no other conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Specific regime for suspected lung cancer*. *, Danish health authority (https://www.sst.dk/-/media/Udgivelser/2018/Lungekraeft/Pakkeforl%C3%B8b-for-lungekr%C3%A6ft-2018.ashx).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Methods of investigation before referral to surgery*. *, Danish Lung Cancer Register—annual report 2019–2020 (https://www.lungecancer.dk/rapporter/aarsrapporter/). CT, computed tomography; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; MR, magnetic resonance; EUS, endoscopic ultrasound; PET, positron emission tomography; EBUS, endobronchial ultrasound.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Total observed survival rates for all lung cancers surgical treated in Denmark from 2003–2019*. *, Danish Lung Cancer Register—annual report 2019–2020 (https://www.lungecancer.dk/rapporter/aarsrapporter/).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Kaplan-Meier plot as survival as a function of years for all operated patients from 2003 to 2020 for the different surgical modalities*. *, Danish Lung Cancer Register—annual report 2019–2020 (https://www.lungecancer.dk/rapporter/aarsrapporter/).
Figure 5
Figure 5
pTNM (8th edition) staging of all surgically treated patients*. *, Danish Lung Cancer Register—annual report 2019–2020 (https://www.lungecancer.dk/rapporter/aarsrapporter/). pTNM, pathological tumor-node-metastasis.
Figure 6
Figure 6
Tumour pathology of all operated patients*. *, Danish Lung Cancer Register—annual report 2019–2020 (https://www.lungecancer.dk/rapporter/aarsrapporter/).
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