INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER IN POPULATIONS ABOVE THE AGE OF 65

Principal Investigator

Name
DANIEL DEARMOND

Degrees
MD

Institution
UTHSCSA

Position Title
PI

Email
chiragbuch@gmail.com

About this CDAS Project

Study
NLST (Learn more about this study)

Project ID
NLST-81

Initial CDAS Request Approval
Jul 21, 2014

Title
INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER IN POPULATIONS ABOVE THE AGE OF 65

Summary
PATIENTS OLDER THAN 65 ARE STILL ACTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY. CURRENTLY MEDICARE DOES NOT COVER LDCT LUNG CANCER SCREENING IN PATIENTS ABOVE THE AGE OF 65, EVEN IN THE HIGH RISK PATIENT POPULATION, CITING LACK OF EVIDENCE OF BENEFIT OF TREATMENT AMONG THIS PATIENT AGE GROUP.

THIS STUDY WILL EXAMINE THE INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER AMONG THIS AGE GROUP AND FOCUS ON STAGE OF CANCER AT DETECTION AND LONG/SHORT TERM SURVIVAL RATES.

IF SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT IS SHOWN, THEN A CASE CAN BE MADE IN FAVOR OF IMPLEMENTING LDCT LUNG CANCER SCREENING AMONG MEDICARE PATIENTS.

Aims

1) IDENTIFY INCIDENCE OF CANCER IN PATIENTS OLDER THAN 65, BOTH SMOKERS AND NON SMOKERS.

2) EXAMINE THE STAGE OF LUNG CANCER AT TIME OF DETECTION IN THIS PARTICULAR AGE GROUP.

3) EXAMINE LONG/SHORT TERM SURVIVAL RATES IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER ABOVE THE AGE OF 65.

4) COMPARE THE DATA OBTAINED WITH THE GENERAL POPULATION USING APPROPRIATE STATISTICAL METHODS.

Collaborators

CHIRAG BUCH, UTHSCSA
NITIN DAS, UTHSCSA