Predicting survival following surgical resection of lung cancer using clinical and pathological variables: the development and validation of the LNC-PATH score

The optimal approach to follow patients up after surgical resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is keenly debated; including what imaging modality to use and the intensity of clinical assessments. A systematic review in 2012 concluded that “the paucity of evidence precludes firm evidence based guidelines” [1]. This uncertainty leads to a variability of practice nationally and internationally, which ranges from routine physical examination plus chest X-ray (CXR) [2] to more intensive protocols including routine computed tomography (CT) of the thorax, bronchoscopy, abdominal ultrasound, CT brain and bone scans for all patients [3].

Source: Lung Cancer - August 31, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Haval Balata, Philip Foden, Tim Edwards, Anshuman Chaturvedi, Mohamed Elshafi, Alexander Tempowski, Benjamin Teng, Paul Whittemore, Kevin Blyth, Andrew Kidd, Deborah Ellames, Louise Ann Flint, Jonathan Robson, Elaine Teh, Robin Jones, Timothy Batchelor, P Source Type: research