Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic tests during follow-up in lung cancer patients: an evidence-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients with non-metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are cured by surgery but part of them develop recurrence. Strategies are needed to identify these relapses. Currently, there is no consensus on the follow-up schedule after curative resection for patients with NSCLC. The objective of this study is to analyze the diagnostic capacity of the tests performed during follow-up after surgery.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 392 patients with stage I-IIIA NSCLC who underwent surgery. Data were collected from patients diagnosed between January 1st, 2010 and December 31st, 2020. Demographic and clinical data were analyzed, as well as the tests performed during their follow-up. We identified as relevant in the diagnosis of relapses those tests that prom

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Cano F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9989820 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature