452 / 1084
>1000 patients, retrospective review
Clinical review & CT every 4-6 months for 2 years; CT annually after
Endoscopy every 6 months for 2 years then annually
• Distant failure more common than locoregional
When to Image for surveillance
• 75% recurrences occurred within the first 2 years
• 50% patients were asymptomatic at time of diagnosis of relapse
• CT detected 45% of all recurrences
• Endoscopy only identified 65% symptomatic & 15% asymptomatic
patients
• Symptomatic patients had worse prognosis
J Thorac Oncol. 2013 8(12):1558-1562