Patterns of Care and Treatment Pathways for Non-Surgically Managed Early and Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients at Ain Shams University Clinical Oncology Department: a Retrospective and Descriptive Analysis

Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, but little is known about how patients with this disease are managed. Aim We aim to study patterns of care and treatment pathways for non- surgically managed early and locally advanced NSCLC patients from January 2015 to December 2018 in Ain Shams University Clinical Oncology Department Patients and methods In this retrospective analysis we included patients who met the following criteria: age ≥18, histologically confirmed NSCLC patients who did not have surgical resection with at least 6 months of follow up data. We collected data from Clinical Oncology department archive in Ain Shams university hospital. Our objective is to identify the patterns of care and treatment pathways for non surgically managed NSCLC patients in ASUCOD from January 2015 to December 2018.