ERS statement on harmonised standards for lung cancer registration and lung cancer services in Europe

Anna L. Rich*, David R. Baldwin, Paul Beckett, Thierry Berghmans, Jeanette Boyd, Corinne Faivre-Finn, Francoise Galateau-Salle, Fernando Gamarra, Bogdan Grigoriu, Niels-Christian G. Hansen, Georgia Hardavella, Erik Jakobsen, Dragana Jovanovic, Assia Konsoulova, Gilbert Massard, John McPhelim, Anne-Pascale Meert, Robert Milroy, Luciano Mutti, Marianne PaesmansMichael D. Peake, Paul Martin Putora, Dirk K. M. de Ruysscher, Jean-Paul Sculier, Arnaud Schepereel, Dragan R. Subotic, Paul Van Schil, Torsten Gerriet Blum

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Abstract

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) task force for harmonised standards for lung cancer registration and lung cancer services in Europe recognised the need to create a single dataset for use in pan-European data collection and a manual of standards for European lung cancer services.

The multidisciplinary task force considered evidence from two different sources, reviewing existing national and international datasets alongside the results of a survey of clinical data collection on lung cancer in 35 European countries. A similar process was followed for the manual of lung cancer services, with the task force using existing guidelines and national or international recommendations for lung cancer services to develop a manual of standards for services in Europe.

The task force developed essential and minimum datasets for lung cancer registration to enable all countries to collect the same essential data and some to collect data with greater detail. The task force also developed a manual specifying standards for lung cancer services in Europe.

Despite the wide variation in the sociopolitical landscape across Europe, the ERS is determined to encourage the delivery of high-quality lung cancer care. Both the manual of lung cancer services and the minimum dataset for lung cancer registration will support this aspiration.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1800610
Number of pages24
JournalEuropean Respiratory Journal
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2018

Keywords

  • QUALITY-OF-LIFE
  • STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY
  • SURGEONS NEED RECOGNITION
  • THORACIC ONCOLOGY
  • PERFORMANCE STATUS
  • CURRICULUM RECOMMENDATIONS
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  • RESPIRATORY SOCIETY
  • PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS
  • MUTATION INCIDENCE

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