Evaluation of disease-free survival as a predictor of overall survival and assessment of real-world burden of disease recurrence in resected early-stage non–small cell lung cancer
Howard West, Xiaohan Hu, Su Zhang, Yan Song, Diana Chirovsky, Chi Gao, Ari Lerner, Anya Jiang, James Signorovitch and Ayman Samkari
Journal of managed care & specialty pharmacy, v 29(7), pp 749-757
This study found that patients with non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose disease comes back are more likely to die sooner. They also use more health care resources and spend more on health care than those who remain tumor-free. The study also showed that patients whose disease comes back later are more likely to die later. These findings highlight the need to prevent or delay NSCLC recurrence to potentially reduce the negative consequences.
Evaluation of disease-free survival as a predictor of overall survival and assessment of real-world burden of disease recurrence in resected early-stage non–small cell lung cancer
Creators
Howard West - City of Hope
Xiaohan Hu - Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)