Table 2.
Changes in key-indicators
| Characteristics | 2005 | 2008-2009 | p univariate analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n. | (%) | n. | (%) | |||
| Cases | 63 | - | 86 | - | ||
| Primary tumour imaging | Yes | 52 | 82.5 | 75 | 87.2 | 0.427 |
| No and unknown | 11 | 17.5 | 11 | 12.8 | ||
| Chest CT scan | Yes | 42 | 66.7 | 61 | 70.9 | 0.578 |
| No and unknown | 21 | 33.3 | 25 | 29.1 | ||
| Biopsy | Yes | 36 | 57.1 | 50 | 58.1 | 0.903 |
| No | 27 | 42.9 | 36 | 41.9 | ||
| Case discussed in expert interdisciplinary committee | Yes | 23 | 36.5 | 39 | 45.3 | 0.279 |
| No | 40 | 63.5 | 47 | 54.7 | ||
| Case discussed within the 90 days following the diagnosis (1) | Yes | 18 | 78.2 | 38 | 97.4 | 0.023 |
| No | 5 | 21.8 | 1 | 2.6 | ||
| Case discussed before the first treatment (2) | Yes | 6 | 26.0 | 16 | 44.4 | 0.155 |
| No | 17 | 74.0 | 20 | 55.6 | ||
| First surgery by expert team (3) | Yes | 25 | 45.5 | 32 | 48.5 | 0.740 |
| No | 30 | 54.5 | 34 | 51.5 | ||
| Resection (3) | R0 | 37 | 67.3 | 57 | 86.4 | 0.024 |
| R1 or R2 | 16 | 29.1 | 8 | 12.1 | ||
| Unknown | 2 | 3.6 | 1 | 1.5 | ||
(1) – Among cases discussed in multidisciplinary meeting.
(2) – Among cases discussed in multidisciplinary meeting and treated.
(3) – Among operated patients.