Each week's delay in lung cancer surgery risks tumor's spread
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Each week that a patient with a new diagnosis of early lung cancer awaits surgery significantly increases the risk for tumor growth, spread and "upstaging," according to an analysis of thousands of patients. Patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) had a 4% increased risk of upstaging generally (to stage II, III, or IV) each week until their surgery. Their risk of upstaging to IIIA disease was 1.3% per week of surgery delay. The findings were reported at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery meeting.
Each week's delay in lung cancer surgery risks tumor's spread
Each week's delay in lung cancer surgery…
Each week's delay in lung cancer surgery risks tumor's spread
Each week that a patient with a new diagnosis of early lung cancer awaits surgery significantly increases the risk for tumor growth, spread and "upstaging," according to an analysis of thousands of patients. Patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) had a 4% increased risk of upstaging generally (to stage II, III, or IV) each week until their surgery. Their risk of upstaging to IIIA disease was 1.3% per week of surgery delay. The findings were reported at the American Association for Thoracic Surgery meeting.