Table 7. National campaign: first definitive treatment received for lung cancer for the campaign and control periods.
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Control period |
Campaign period |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First definitive treatmenta |
No. of cases (% of all cases) |
No. of cases (% of all cases) |
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| February–April 2011 | February–April 2012 | Change in proportion | P-value | May–July 2011 | May–July 2012 | Change in proportion | P-value | |
| Surgery | 1076 (14.5%) | 1145 (15.0%) | +0.5 | 0.425 | 1043 (13.7%) | 1331 (16.0%) | +2.3 | <0.001 |
| Chemotherapy | 1909 (25.8%) | 1930 (25.3%) | −0.5 | 0.475 | 1875 (24.5%) | 2150 (25.8%) | +1.2 | 0.069 |
| Radiotherapy | 1366 (18.4%) | 1354 (17.7%) | −0.7 | 0.253 | 1410 (18.5%) | 1462 (17.5%) | −0.9 | 0.132 |
| Palliative care/active monitoring | 2469 (33.3%) | 2709 (35.5%) | +2.2 | 0.006 | 2661 (34.8%) | 2817 (33.8%) | −1.0 | 0.168 |
| Any treatmentb | 6752 (91.2%) | 7014 (91.9%) | +0.7 | 0.146 | 6890 (90.2%) | 7675 (92.1%) | +1.9 | <0.001 |
| No treatmentc | 652 (8.8%) | 622 (8.1%) | −0.7 | 0.146 | 749 (9.8%) | 660 (7.9%) | −1.9 | <0.001 |
| Total | 7404 (100%) | 7636 (100%) | — | — | 7639 (100%) | 8335 (100%) | — | — |
Results in bold indicate a statistically significant change between 2011 and 2012 (two-sample test of proportions; P<0.05).
a
Patients are counted more than once if they have multiple treatment types on the same earliest treatment date.
b
Number of patients receiving any treatment (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, palliative care, or active monitoring).
c
Patients with no treatment type recorded in the database. However, some patients may have had treatment that has not been recorded.