Cause of death by lung cancer stage
Among individuals in NLST diagnosed with lung cancer:
1. Examine cause of death for combinations of study arm, stage, and method of detection. (for deceased participants only)
2. Examine time from date of diagnosis to date of death (or censoring if did not die during the trial) for combinations of study arm, stage, and method of detection. Do this separately for living participants and deceased participants.
3. Redo 1 and 2, adding in histology if numbers permit.
Ilana Gareen, Brown University
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Do competing causes of mortality contribute to overdiagnosis in lung cancer screening?
Durham DD, Croswell JM, Marcus PM
Lung Cancer. 2021 Mar; Volume 153: Pages 21-24 PUBMED