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ReviewLung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society

Navigating patient journey in early diagnosis of lung cancer in India.

Bivas Biswas, Deepak Talwar, Priti Meshram, Pramod K Julka, Anurag Mehta, S P Somashekhar, Srinivas Chilukuri, Abhishek Bansal

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Review in Lung India : official organ of Indian Chest Society. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Bivas BiswasMedical Oncologist, Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Deepak TalwarInterventional Pulmonologist, Metro Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Priti MeshramPulmonologist, Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pramod K JulkaMedical Oncologist, MAX Cancer Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Anurag MehtaPathologist, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Center, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
S P SomashekharSurgical Oncologist, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Srinivas ChilukuriRadiation Oncologist, Apollo Proton Center, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abhishek BansalInterventional Radiologist, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute & Research Center, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre · INApollo Proton Cancer Centre · INBLK Super Speciality Hospital · INGrant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals · INManipal Hospital · INMax Healthcare · INTata Medical Center · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lung cancer (LC) is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide. In India, the incidence of LC is increasing rapidly, and a majority of the patients are diagnosed at advanced stages of the disease when treatment is less likely to be effective. Recent therapeutic developments have significantly improved survival outcomes in patients with LC. Prompt specialist referral remains critical for early diagnosis for improved patient survival. In the Indian scenario, distinguishing LC from benign and endemic medical conditions such as tuberculosis can pose a challenge. Hence, awareness regarding the red flags-signs and symptoms that warrant further investigations and referral-is vital. This review is an effort toward encouraging general physicians to maintain a high index of clinical suspicion for those at risk of developing LC and assisting them in refering patients with concerning symptoms to specialists or multidisciplinary teams as early as possible.

Indexed as

Early diagnosisgeneral practiceincidental pulmonary nodulelung cancerpatient navigationpolicy considerationred flagsreferral pathwayscreening

Identifiers

PMID36695259
PMCPMC9894269
OpenAlexW4313390751

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