Increase in lung cancer emergency presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Claire Vella, Asif Ashraf, Rajini Sudhir, Prajakta Pinglay, Indrajeet Das, Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, Apostolos Nakas, Cathy Richards, Sridhar Thiagarajan, Rakesh Panchal, Samreen Ahmed, Sanjay Agrawal, Muhammad Tufail, Jonathan Bennett
European Respiratory Journal 2021 58: PA3848; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3848
Claire Vella
1Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
Asif Ashraf
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Rajini Sudhir
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Prajakta Pinglay
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Indrajeet Das
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Apostolos Nakas
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Cathy Richards
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Sridhar Thiagarajan
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Rakesh Panchal
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Samreen Ahmed
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Sanjay Agrawal
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Muhammad Tufail
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
Jonathan Bennett
2University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom

Tables
Pre-lockdown Post-lockdown No of patients 291 271 Mean age 72.3 73.6 M:F 162:129 150:121 Advanced stage (IIIB-IVB) 173 184 p=.033 Emergency presentations 64 86 p=.009 Referral source: Hospital:primary care 168:123 182:89 p=.021
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Increase in lung cancer emergency presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Claire Vella, Asif Ashraf, Rajini Sudhir, Prajakta Pinglay, Indrajeet Das, Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, Apostolos Nakas, Cathy Richards, Sridhar Thiagarajan, Rakesh Panchal, Samreen Ahmed, Sanjay Agrawal, Muhammad Tufail, Jonathan Bennett
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2021, 58 (suppl 65) PA3848; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3848
Increase in lung cancer emergency presentations during the COVID-19 pandemic
Claire Vella, Asif Ashraf, Rajini Sudhir, Prajakta Pinglay, Indrajeet Das, Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, Apostolos Nakas, Cathy Richards, Sridhar Thiagarajan, Rakesh Panchal, Samreen Ahmed, Sanjay Agrawal, Muhammad Tufail, Jonathan Bennett
European Respiratory Journal Sep 2021, 58 (suppl 65) PA3848; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3848