Lung cancer survey | APDC | Sensitivitya | Specificitya | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | % | % | |
Diagnostic investigations b | 1561 | 99 | 1045 | 66 | 66 | 47 |
Chest CT scan | 1430 | 91 | 430 | 27 | 27 | 74 |
Chest x-ray | 1405 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Brain CT scan | 461 | 29 | 283 | 18 | 34 | 90 |
Bone scan | 495 | 31 | 182 | 12 | 26 | 95 |
Bronchoscopy | 805 | 51 | 563 | 36 | 65 | 95 |
Biopsy | 664 | 42 | 671 | 42 | 64 | 73 |
Resection of primary cancer | 262 | 17 | 256 | 16 | 92 | 99 |
Pneumonectomy | 45 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 78 | 100 |
Lobectomy | 198 | 13 | 153 | 10 | 70 | 99 |
Other resection | 25 | 2 | 74 | 5 | 76 | 96 |
Other treatment | ||||||
Chemotherapy | 478 | 30 | 230 | 15 | 36 | 96 |
Radiotherapy | 626 | 40 | 222 | 14 | 30 | 96 |
Comorbidities | ||||||
COPD | 599 | 38 | 295 | 19 | 35 | 91 |
Diabetes | 164 | 10 | 152 | 10 | 74 | 98 |
Heart disease | 363 | 23 | 137 | 9 | 25 | 96 |
One or more of the above | 836 | 53 | 472 | 30 | 45 | 87 |