Analysis of Delayed Surgical Treatment and Oncologic Outcomes in Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between delayed surgical treatment and oncologic outcomes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is poorly understood given that prior studies have used imprecise definitions for the date of cancer diagnosis.

Objective

To use a uniform method to quantify surgical treatment delay and to examine its association with several oncologic outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study was conducted using a novel data set from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system. Included patients had clinical stage I NSCLC and were undergoing resection from 2006 to 2016 within the VHA system. Time to surgical treatment (TTS) was defined as the time between preoperative diagnostic computed tomography imaging and

SUBMITTER: Heiden BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8160592 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature