Open AccessPost-Treatment Management Options for Patients with Lung Cancer
Author(s) -
Katherine S. Virgo,
Lowell W. McKirgan,
Michele Caputo,
Diana Mahurin,
Leigh Chao,
Nicholas D. Caputo,
Keith S. Naunheim,
M. Wayne Flye,
Kathleen M. Gillespie,
Frank E. Johnson
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199512000-00003
Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , lung cancer , cancer , retrospective cohort study , stage (stratigraphy) , emergency medicine , paleontology , biology
The first objective was to identify variations in patient management practice patterns after potentially curative lung cancer surgery. Patient management practice patterns were expected to range from intensive follow-up to no active surveillance. The second objective was to measure whether intensity of follow-up was related to patient outcomes.