Changes in diagnostic evaluation of patients with lung cancer symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

When high-risk patients present lung cancer symptoms (LCSs) in general practice, Computed Tomography of the thorax (CT thorax) is recommended, but chest X-ray (CXR) may still be used often. This population-based study aims to 1) compare the proportion of patients who completed diagnostic evaluation, and 2) analyse the associations between smoking status, symptom burden and first choice of imaging among patients who presented LCS to their general practitioner (GP) in 2012 and 2022.

Methods

Two random samples of 100,000 individuals ≥20 years were invited to a survey about symptoms and healthcare seeking in 2012 and 2022, respectively, with subsequently linkage to register data. We included individuals ≥40 years old who reported GP contact with LCSs. Descriptive st

SUBMITTER: Sætre LMS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12749285 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature