Table 3.
Lung cancer treatment
| Treatment* | Non-transplanted (n=45) (n (%)) | Transplanted (n=15) (n (%)) |
| Surgery† | 11 (24.4)‡ | 3 (20) |
| Chemotherapy | 16 (35.5) | 7 (46.7) |
| Radiation | 11 (24.4) | 3 (20) |
| Immunotherapy | 4 (8.9) | 0 |
| None | 11 (24.4) | 5 (33.3) |
*Any of the stated treatments below whether as single modality or combined.
†Lobectomy or pneumonectomy.
‡Includes six IPF patients whose lung cancer was diagnosed in the lung explant surgically removed during transplant.
§No significant difference was found between the groups.
IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.