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RETRACTION: Comparison of a Risk Calculator With Frailty Indices in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Resection
Retraction:
D.L. Vitello, C.D. Logan, N.N. Zaza, K.R. Bates, R. Jacobs, J. Feinglass, R.P. Merkow, and D.J. Bentrem, "Comparison of a Risk Calculator With Frailty Indices in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Resection," Journal of Surgical Oncology 130, no. 8 (2024): 1532-1538. The above article, published online on 10 October 2024 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), has been retracted by agreement between the authors; the journal Editor-in-Chief, Laleh Melstrom; and Wiley Periodicals LLC. The retraction has been agreed after identifying this article as a duplicate of a previously published version[1]. The authors unintentionally resubmitted the manuscript, and this duplication was not detected prior to publication. In accordance with COPE and Wiley policies, duplicate publication is prohibited; therefore, the redundant article is being retracted. [1] D.L. Vitello, C.D. Logan, N.N. Zaza, K.R. Bates, R. Jacobs, J. Feinglass, R.P. Merkow, and D.J. Bentrem, "Comparison of a Risk Calculator With Frailty Indices in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Resection," Journal of Surgical Oncology 130, no. 5 (2024): 1111-1118, https://doi.org/10.1002/jso.27815.
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