Table 2. Lung cancer resection rates.

Reference	Location	Period	Resection rate (%)
Damhuiss and Schutte (1996)	Rotterdam (Netherlands)	1984–1992	20
Myrdal et al (2009)	Sweden	1995–2003	17.5
Fry et al (1999)	USA	1985–1995	27*
Imperatori et al (2005)	Varese (Italy)	?	25
Information Centre for Health and Social Care, 2009b	England +	2005–2007	9–10.2
	Wales		12

^*These figures relate to patients for whom a histological diagnosis had been made, rather than to the entire population of lung cancer patients.