Analysis of lung cancer measures of the National Cancer Network pilot study in Poland for potential improvement in the quality of advanced-stage lung cancer therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to present the performance of the National Cancer Network's (NCN) pilot program in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (southwestern province of Poland with a population of 2,9 million in 2019), to analyse measures describing lung cancer patients and to determine whether those measures can be used to improve the treatment outcomes of stage III and IV patients with lung cancer in Poland.

Methods

Three measures of the NCN pilot programme were analysed: "Percentage of patients with genetic and molecular testing for predictive factors", "Assessment of the completeness of a pathological examination", and "Percentage of stage III and IV cancer patients". As many as 2,218 patients with ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code C34 were included in the NCN pilot program from 1

SUBMITTER: Trembecki L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8605770 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature