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BTOG 2018 | The NLCA annual report 2017: findings for lung cancer care in the UK

The 2017 National Lung Cancer Audit (NCLA) report launched at the British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) Annual Conference 2018, held in Dublin, Ireland. The main findings of this report are discussed in this exciting interview with Paul Beckett, MD, FRCP, of the Care Quality Improvement Department, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK. Dr Beckett highlights the rates of curative surgery, 1-year survival, variations in performance geographically and access to a lung cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist. The full report can be found at www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/national-lung-cancer-audit. This video was recorded at the British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) Annual Conference 2018, held in Dublin, Ireland.