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    MO22 - Advanced Disease and Outcomes (ID 103)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Surgery
    • Presentations: 1
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      MO22.02 - Resection rate, as a measure of the effectiveness of surgical treatment of lung cancer (ID 2428)

      10:30 - 12:00  |  Author(s): T.M. Orlowski

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      Background
      Surgery is the most effective way to treat lung cancer. There are significant differences between countries in the effectiveness of surgical treatment. The resection rate differe from 10 to over 20% in Europe

      Methods
      The National Registry of lung cancer in Poland comprises over 95% of patients with NSCLC treated with surgery. Resection rate (RR) is monitored for 20 years in Poland. Each year RR is calculated by the following formula: R R = (number of resected patients with NSCLC/ number of new cases) x 100 This ratio is calculated for each and even the smallest administrative area (16 provinces and 380 districts). To achieve such a result- the patient's place of residence is taken into account rather than a place where he had his surgery. This allows to determine how many of the patients in particular area have been diagnosed in certain stage of acceptance (mainly I and II) In year 2012, 3591 patients had surgery in Poland. The incidence of NSCLC this year was 22 348 new cases.

      Results
      The RR in Poland in 2012 was 16.1%. The difference in many provinces ranged from 10.2% - 22%. In few districts the RR was reported from 0% - 46%. 79% of patients were in stage I and II, 11.2% in IIIa, 2.7% in IIIb and and 1.9% in stage IV. Comparing to 2011, resection rate increased by 5%, and within five years - 16.8%. Since 2010 in the areas with the lowest RR a screening program with low-dose computed tomography was implemented. The RR increased from 1,2 to 22% in majority of districts (14/16)

      Conclusion
      1 Implementation of the resection rate allows to monitor the effectiveness of early diagnosis of lung cancer in different areas 2 Monitoring of the resection rate allows to improve the efficiency of diagnosis of lung cancer in areas where detection was low. 3. Regular evaluation of the RR supports the efforts to improve the results of surgical tratment of NSCLC

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