Centralization of lung cancer surgery in the Netherlands: differences in care and survival of patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer between hospitals with and without in-house lung cancer surgery

Figures & data

Table 1. Parameters predictive of choice for surgery.

		Radiotherapy		Surgery		Multivariable analysis
		N	%	N	%	OR	95% CI
Age	18–59	352	20	1385	80	1	–
	60–69	1073	33	2176	67	0.47	0.40–0.54
	70–79	1719	50	1699	50	0.21	0.18–0.24
	80+	998	81	228	19	0.04	0.03–0.05
Gender	Men	2349	45	2886	55	1	–
	Women	1793	41	2602	59	0.99	0.90–1.09
Year	2012	604	36	1056	64	1	–
	2013	704	39	1116	61	0.92	0.79–1.08
	2014	765	42	1076	58	0.84	0.72–0.98
	2015	974	46	1137	54	0.64	0.56–0.75
	2016	1095	50	1103	50	0.56	0.48–0.64
cT	1A	1983	48	2144	52	1	–
	1B	1102	44	1393	56	1.45	1.30–1.63
	2A	1057	35	1951	65	2.37	2.12–2.65
Hospital with surgery	No	1102	49	1159	51	1	–
	Yes	3040	41	4329	59	1.25	1.01–1.54

cT: clinical T-stage; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.

Figure 1. Survival for patients with clinical stage I NSCLC receiving radiotherapy or surgery (combined) with curative intent, stratified by type of hospital (with and without lung cancer surgery).