Patients with localized non-small cell lung cancer miss out on curative surgery with distance from specialist care.

Elizabeth TraceyBrian McCaughanTim Badgery-ParkerJane YoungBruce K Armstrong

Published in: ANZ journal of surgery (2014)

Patients with localized NSCLC are most likely to have no potentially curative surgery if they live distant from a specialist hospital and attend a general hospital for their care.

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