Association of patient and health care organization factors with incidental nodule guidelines adherence: A multi-system observational study

Health care organizations are increasingly developing systems to ensure high levels of adherence to follow-up guidelines for the millions of people diagnosed with incidental pulmonary nodules every year [1]. Otherwise these patients may fall through the cracks and be diagnosed with more advanced stage lung cancer [2 –6]. Systems with both incidental nodule and lung cancer screening (LCS) programs may improve the proportion of people diagnosed with early stage compared to later stage lung cancer [7].
Source: Lung Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research