Lung Cancer in Belgium.

Ocak, Sebahat;Tournoy, Kurt;Berghmans, Thierry;Demedts, Ingel;van Meerbeeck, Jan P;et.al.
(2021) Journal of Thoracic Oncology — Vol. 16, n° 10, p. 1610-1621 (2021)

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  • Ocak, SebahatUCLouvain
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  • Tournoy, Kurt
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  • Berghmans, Thierry
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  • Demedts, Ingel
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  • van Meerbeeck, Jan P
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Abstract
(en) Introduction: Health Care System - The kingdom of Belgium with its capital Brussels is located in Western Europe (Fig. 1) and has a population of 11,492,641 inhabitants (January 2020) for a surface of 30,689 km2. The country is a member of the European Union (EU) and federally organized with a Dutch-speaking majority in the northern Flemish region, a French-speaking region (Wallonia) in the south, and the Brussels capital region. Its population is mainly of Caucasian ethnicity, with 10% immigrants from different non-EU countries, mostly Africa and Middle East. [...]
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Ocak, S., Tournoy, K., Berghmans, T., Demedts, I., Durieux, R., Janssens, A., Moretti, L., Nackaerts, K., Pieters, T., Surmont, V., Van Eycken, L., Vrijens, F., Weynand, B., & van Meerbeeck, J. P. (2021). Lung Cancer in Belgium. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 16(10), 1610-1621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtho.2021.07.022 (Original work published 2021)