ArticleInterdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery2025
Last-minute cancellation of elective lung cancer surgery is associated with poorer survival.
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- Treatment interruption during neoadjuvant immuno-chemotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Translational lung cancer research · 2025Article
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objectivesOur objective was to assess the incidence and reason of last-minute cancellations before surgery for lung cancer and their association with outcomes.
methodsRetrospective analysis on all consecutive patients booked for elective lung cancer surgery from January 2017 through December 2022 in a single centre. Last-minute cancellation: a cancellation occurring within the last 24 h from the planned operation. Cancellation categories: process-related and patient-related. The short-term and long-term outcomes of patients who experienced a last-minute cancellation were analysed.
results197 patients of 1587 (12%) had a last-minute cancellation: 156 (79%) were process-related and 41 (21%) were patient-related. Three percent (5/156) of patients cancelled for process reasons did not receive surgery versus 39% (16/41) of those cancelled for patient-related reasons, P < 0.0001. The 90-day mortality rates of cancelled and non-cancelled patients were similar (4.6% vs 4.7%, P = 1). Five-year overall survival of patients with cancellation was 58% (95% confidence interval 49-66) vs 69% (95% confidence interval 66-71) of those without cancellations, P = 0.022. Among those who had a cancellation, the 5-year overall survival of those with process-related cancellations was 61% (52-60) vs 35% (14-58) of those with patient-related cancellations (adjusted P value for multiple comparisons = 0.14). Cox regression analysis showed that surgery cancellations within the last 24 h for patient-related (hazard ratio 1.87, 95% confidence interval 1.02-3.42, P = 0.043) reasons remained a factor associated with poorer overall survival after adjusting for clinical stage, type of operation and patient-related variables.
conclusionsImplementing the patient's preoperative clinical evaluation to reduce the occurrence of related last-minute cancellations might mitigate its negative impact on survival.
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