November is lung cancer awareness month so we have put together some useful information for healthcare professionals.
Find the guidelines
- NICE: Suspected cancer: recognition and referral (NG12 / June 2015)
- NICE: Lung cancer: diagnosis and management (CG121 / April 2011)
- NICE: Lung cancer in adults (QS17 / March 2012)
SEARCH https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance & http://cks.nice.org.uk
- CKS: Lung and pleural cancers – recognition and referral
Recent Publications:
25 by 25 : a ten year strategy to improve lung cancer survival rates
United Kingdom Lung Cancer Coalition (2016)
Behind the headlines
E-cigarettes ‘help thousands successfully quit smoking’
The actual rise in successful quit attempts was just under 0.1% for each 1% rise in e-cigarette use. The study can’t prove using e-cigarettes is the direct reason for the improved rate of quit attempts as other confounding factors may have been involved. Attempting to quit with e-cigarettes alone may not be as helpful as attempting to quit using an NHS stop smoking service.
Cochrane Reviews
- Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation. Sept 2016
Review Question: Electronic cigarettes (ECs) are electronic devices that produce an aerosol (commonly referred to as vapour) that the user inhales. This vapour typically contains nicotine without most of the toxins smokers inhale with cigarette smoke. ECs have become popular with smokers who want to reduce the risks of smoking. This review aimed to find out whether ECs help smokers stop smoking, and whether it is safe to use ECs to do this. Findings available: HERE
- Interventions for smoking cessation in people diagnosed with lung cancer. Dec 2015
Review question: To determine the effectiveness of smoking cessation programmes for people with lung cancer: lung cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer worldwide. Tobacco smoking constitutes the most important risk factor for lung cancer. Most people with lung cancer are still active smokers at diagnosis or frequently relapse (restart) after smoking cessation. Findings available: HERE
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Recently Published in the BMJ
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“Is there a strategy to improve lung cancer survival?” (26th October 2016)http://www.bmj.com/content/355/bmj.i5633/rr
“Late stage lung cancer diagnosis is more likely in younger patients” (13th June 2016)http://www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i3304
“It is now conceivable that our children’s children will know the term cancer only as a constellation of stars”
Bill Clinton (2000) on the Genome project