Clinical characteristics and prognosis of non-high-risk patients with incidental stage T1 lung cancer: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is currently no evidence documenting the clinical characteristics and prognosis of non-high-risk patients with incidental stage T1 lung cancer (LC). The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics and prognosis of non-high-risk patients with incidental stage T1 LC.

Methods

This prospective cohort study included patients with incidental stage T1 LC who were diagnosed pathologically at the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University between 1st Jan 2019 and 31st Dec 2023. The follow-up time for all participants concluded on 31st Jan 2024, or upon death. All included patients were divided into non-high-risk (observation) and high-risk (control) groups based on the 2021 US preventative services task force recommendations. The

SUBMITTER: Peng M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11339115 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature