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"The authors wish to acknowledge the support of the Institutes for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, the Ontario Ministry of Health, and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) and Cancer Care Ontario (CCO). The opinions, results, and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by ICES, the Ontario MOHLTC, or CCO is intended or should be inferred. The authors also wish to acknowledge Refik Saskin for his analytic assistance. Dr. Tinmouth was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award. Dr. Coburn (Career Scientist Award) and Dr. Paszat have received funding through the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Dr. Law is supported by the Hanna Family Research Chair in Surgical Oncology."