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ArticleThoracic cancer2016

Status and perspectives of detection by low-dose computed tomography or computed radiography in surgical patients with lung cancer, based on a five-year study.

Yutian Lai, Cheng Shen, Xin Wang, Heng Du, Dali Chen, Long Tian, Xudong Zhou, Guowei Che

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Article in Thoracic cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Enhanced Recovery after Surgery from Theory to Practice
What do We Need to Do?]Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2017
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yutian LaiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Cheng ShenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Xin WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Heng DuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Dali ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Long TianDepartment of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Xudong ZhouDepartment of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Guowei CheDepartment of Thoracic Surgery West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu China.
Sichuan University · CNWest China Hospital of Sichuan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA retrospective study involving 502 lung cancer patients who had received pulmonary resection from 2009-2013 was conducted in order to compare the clinical characteristics of patients whose diagnosis was detected by low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) and computed radiography (CR).

methodsTwo groups were established, based on the method of detection: the LDCT group included 172 lung cancer patients; the CR group included 330 lung cancer patients. The evolution of proportions of patients in urban and rural regions was also analyzed, according to detection method.

resultsThe percentage of patients with stage I was higher in the LDCT group than in the CR group (77.3%, 133/172 vs. 53.6%, 177/330). The incidence of postoperative complications within 30 days was significantly lower in the LDCT than in CR group (25.0% vs. 33.6%). The proportion of patients detected by LDCT or CR in urban regions was constantly higher than in rural regions (with an increase of 13.0% vs. 5.9%); the proportion of LDCT-detected patients in urban regions was constantly higher than in rural regions (with an increase of 8.7% vs. 5.9%).

conclusionsLDCT contributes to a higher proportion of early lung cancer diagnoses and a lower incidence of postoperative complications in surgical patients. The proportions of patients detected early and by LDCT have both increased steadily during the last five years. These two trends are more pronounced in urban compared with rural patients.

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Computed radiographylow‐dose computed tomographylung cancerrural patientsurban patients

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