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Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death in the UK. Our study aims to assess whether early prehabilitation is feasible in these patients. Many patients aren’t fit for anticancer treatment, due to a combination of burden of disease, patient fitness and comorbidities. These issues affect energy levels and performance status, which results […]
Collaboration with the Edinburgh Cancer Informatics team enabled an investigation of the Real-World Impact of stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SABR) along with other conventional methods (conventional radiotherapy and surgery) on Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) patients in South-East Scotland. A total of 1143 patients discussed at MDM between January 2012 and December 2019 were selected for this study from the Edinburgh Cancer Centre Lung […]
Summary by Dr Iain Phillips. The Edinburgh Cancer Informatics is supporting a prehabilitation project at St John’s hospital, Livingston, West Lothian for patients with likely lung cancer. All patients with stage 3 and 4 radiologically diagnosed lung cancer are offered prehabilitation. This involves a thorough pre visit assessment. All patients are seen by a Consultant […]