Howard West, MD, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, provides an overview of a retrospective, observational investigation into the association between real-world disease-free survival (DFS) and overall-survival (OS) in early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Additionally, the clinical and economic burden associated with recurrence among patients with resected early stage NSCLC was estimated. A positive correlation was found between real-world DFS and OS, and recurrence following resection was significantly associated with a shorter OS among patients with early-stage NSCLC. This interview took place at the IASLC 2022 World Conference on Lung Cancer congress in Vienna, Austria.
