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More Frequent Surveillance Following Lung Cancer Resection Is Not Associated With Improved Survival: A Nationally Representative Cohort Study

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Surgery

Source URL: https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/Fulltext/2018/10000/More_Frequent_Surve…

Author(s)

McMurry TL, Stukenborg GJ, Kessler LG, Colditz GA, Wong ML, Francescatti AB, Jones DR, Schumacher JR, Greenberg CC, Chang GJ, Winchester DP, McKellar DP, Kozower BD

Using the National Cancer Database, the effect of the timing of computed tomography (CT) surveillance after resection of non-small cell lung cancer on survival was investigated. Survival was similar for patients undergoing CTs every three months or every six months compared to those undergoing annual surveillance CTs. More frequent imaging also had no impact on survival after recurrence.