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Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons

Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons

Enabling Canadian Thoracic Surgeons to provide the highest level of care to every patient, every time.

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External Resources

Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons > External Resources
Patient Resources
Patients are encouraged to discuss their concerns with their surgeons and their health team. The following is a list of external sources of additional information.
 

Wellspring

Lung Cancer Canada

The Lung Association

Canadian Cancer Society

Clinical Trials

Canadian Medical and Surgical Organizations

Canadian Journal of Surgery
Canadian Medical Association
Canadian Oncology Society
Canadian Respiratory Journal
Cancer Care Ontario
Federation of National Specialty Societies of Canada
NCIC Clinical Trials
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Surgical Oncology Network

International Links

Alliance for Clinical Trials Oncology Group
American Association of Thoracic Surgery
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Surgeons
American Thoracic Society
Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
General Thoracic Surgery Club
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
International Society of Sympathetic Surgery
National Cancer Institute
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Society of Surgical Oncology
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Thoracic Clinical Trials (CTSNet)
Union for International Cancer Control
Western Thoracic Surgical Association

Educational Links

CCO Esophageal Cancer Practice Guidelines
CCO Lung Cancer Practice Guidelines
Evidence Based Reviews in Surgery
SSO Bibliography, Esophageal Cancer
SSO Bibliography, Lung Cancer
Thoracic Surgery New Trainee Curriculum

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Association canadienne de chirurgie Thoracique (ACCT)

Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS)

501 Smyth Road, Box 175

Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6

Email: CATS@CanadianThoracicSurgeons.ca

Website: www.CanadianThoracicSurgeons.ca

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Who we are

The Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons represents thoracic surgeons in Canada. We provide sub-specialty clinical care for patients with a wide range of pleural, mediastinal, esophageal and gastric diseases. Our patients suffer from complex benign and malignant diseases, and our training is therefore very broad. We educate students and residents. Our success in postgraduate surgical education is well known. Canadian trained thoracic surgeons have a world-wide reputation for clinical excellence, and many of our former trainees hold thoracic surgical leadership positions throughout the world. The association is actively involved in clinical and laboratory research. We are also involved in health care planning issues such as thoracic surgical manpower, standards of practice, and delivery of thoracic surgical oncology services.
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