title: How to follow up patients after curative resection of lung cancer.
abstract: Survivors of lung cancer surgery are among the highest-risk patients for developing another lung cancer, yet there is no clear consensus on the method of surveillance for patients after curative surgical resection. Surveillance is no longer futile because the emergence of computed tomography screening has allowed the detection of recurrences and new metachronous cancers at an early stage. In selected patients, lung cancer identified recently on routine computed tomography scan is amenable to curative treatment and is associated with longer survival.
authors: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: wael.hanna@me.com.
authors: Waël C
authors: WC
authors: Hanna
authors: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors: Shaf
authors: S
authors: Keshavjee
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: CT screening for lung cancer; follow up of lung cancer; low dose CT scan; lung cancer resection