OBJECTIVE: To assess time trends in use of surgery in @entity1 with @entity1149 ( @entity1149 ) in a UK region. METHODS: Cancer registration data for @entity1 diagnosed with @entity1149 between 1995 and 2006 in the East of England were analysed. Rates of surgery use for different age, gender, diagnosis period, @entity5 subtype and deprivation quintile groups were examined. RESULTS: The analysis included 18,767 @entity1 with @entity1149 . During the study period, 13% of @entity1 were treated by surgery. Use of surgery decreased over time from 15% in 1995-1997 to 11% in 2004-2006 (p=0.022). Initial socioeconomic differences in surgery use narrowed significantly over time (p=0.028) and became non-apparent at the end of the study period. CONCLUSIONS: Use of surgery in @entity1 with @entity1149 decreased during the study period, possibly reflecting increasing quality of preoperative staging processes. Initial socioeconomic inequalities in surgery use became undetectable at the end of the study period. The findings provide baseline information to support comparisons with patterns of clinical management in more recent years.

Population-based trends in use of surgery for XXXX in a UK region, 1995-2006.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity1149 :: ('MESH:D002289', 'Disease') :: ['non-small cell lung cancer', 'NSCLC'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumour']
@entity1149 :: (MESH:D002289,Disease) :: ['non-small cell lung cancer']
