title: Response to Letter to the Editor: "Risk factors for postoperative pneumonia after lung cancer surgery and impact of pneumonia on survival".
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Olof Palmes Allé 43-45, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark. Electronic address: simonsendennis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dennis Fristrup
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Simonsen
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Olof Palmes Allé 43-45, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.
authors.forename: Reimar Wernich
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Thomsen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000401:mortality*