Social and geographical factors affecting access to treatment of lung cancer.

For histological confirmation of diagnosis ( Table 2 ), there was a strong trend for patients living in more deprived areas to be less likely to be confirmed.

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Patients in the intermediate groups for deprivation and travel time did not differ greatly in the rate of histological confirmation from the reference group, and the odds ratios did not reach statistical significance.

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