What factors are predictive of surgical resection and survival from localised nonsmall cell lung cancer?

Abstract

Objective: To investigate opportunities to reduce lung cancer mortality after diagnosis of localised non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in New South Wales through surgical resection.Main outcome measures: Resection rates and lung cancer mortality.Conclusions: Potential exists to reduce deaths from NSCLC in NSW through increased resection.Design, patients and setting: In this cohort study, resection rates and lung cancer mortality risk were explored using multivariate logistic regression and competing risk regression, respectively. Data for 3040 patients were extracted from the NSW Central Cancer Registry for the diagnostic period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2007. Subset analyses for patien..