S90 Nurse specialist input is independently associated with anti-cancer treatment in lung cancer

Introduction

Lung cancer nurse specialists (LCNS) provide an extremely important service to patients. Their skill and expertise are valued very highly by both patients and colleagues, but it has proven difficult to measure their input objectively, leading to a lack of expansion (and in some areas contraction) of the workforce. Earlier this year the National Lung Cancer Audit (NLCA) reported that for 2009, patients who saw an LCNS were...