Are working practices of lung cancer nurse specialists associated with variation in peoples’ receipt of anticancer therapy?

Iain A. Stewart; Aamir Khakwani; Richard Hubbard; Paul Beckett; Diana Borthwick; Angela Tod; Alison Leary; Laila J. Tata

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.07.022

doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.07.022

Are working practices of lung cancer nurse specialists associated with variation in peoples’ receipt of anticancer therapy?

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Lung Cancer5.30

Volume: 123, Pages: 160 - 165

Published: Sep 1, 2018

Abstract

ObjectivesTreatment choices for people with lung cancer may be influenced by contact and engagement with lung cancer nurse specialists (LCNSs). We investigated how service factors, LCNS workload, and LCNS working practices may influence the receipt of anticancer treatment.Materials and methodsEnglish National Lung Cancer Audit data and inpatient Hospital Episode Statistics for 109,079 people with lung cancer surviving 30 days from diagnosis were...