What Happens After Declining Recommended Surgery? Analysis of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgery provides curative-intent treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Some patients decline recommend lung cancer resection and have worse overall survival (OS). The details of what treatment or palliative care is received among those who decline recommend surgery have not been described. We aimed to identify factors associated with declining all treatment among patients who decline recommended surgery for NSCLC.

Methods

The National Cancer Database was utilized to identify stage I and II patients with NSCLC age ≤70 years diagnosed from 2004-2020. Patients were assigned to 2 cohorts: declined recommended surgery but received alternative treatment (alternative treatment cohort) and declined recommended surgery and declined all other treatme

SUBMITTER: Agler CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12711654 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature