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48 CUAJ %u2022 FEBRUARY 2025 %u2022 VOLUME 19, ISSUE 2 Motamedi et alCOMPETING INTERESTS. The authors do not report any competing personal or financial interests related to this work.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This study was supported by ICES, which is funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC). The study was completed at the ICES Western site, where core funding is provided by the Academic Medical Organization of Southwestern Ontario (AMOSO), the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry (SSMD), Western University, and the Lawson Health Research Institute (LHRI). Parts of this material are based on data and information compiled and provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH), Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), and Cancer Care Ontario (CCO). 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