Introduction: The burden of lung cancer is high for patients and carers. Care after treatment
may have the potential to impact on this. We reviewed the published literature on follow-up …

Introduction: In the UK more than 40,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year
and an estimated 65,000 people are living with lung cancer. The most effective follow-up …

Objectives The present study evaluates the cost-effectiveness of two follow-up routines: a
strict follow-up with frequent visits, imaging, and laboratory examinations was compared to a …

Background Recent advances have improved the likelihood of long-term survival for patients
with lung cancer. However, little attention has been given to the growing need for dedicated …

Evidence-based follow-up care of the lung cancer patient is straightforward with periodic
histories and physical examinations recommended to detect recurrence. Yearly chest …

Background: Despite aggressive multimodality treatment, 5-year survival of stage III non-
small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains< 30%. To detect relapse, progression, or …

Objectives: The first objective was to identify variations in patient management practice
patterns after potentially curative lung cancer surgery. Patient management practice patterns …

Even though complete resection is regarded as the only curative treatment for nonsmall cell
lung cancer (NSCLC),> 50% of resected patients die from a recurrence or a second primary …

Maintenance therapy for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer has been an
area of intense investigation. Maintenance therapy has been divided into two broad …

While outcome research in lung cancer has focused mainly on short-term survival and
quality of life (QoL), information on long-term (ie,> 5 years postdiagnosis) lung cancer …