Table 1

PICOS question and inclusion/exclusion criteria

InclusionExclusion
Patient

  • Any patient aged ≥18 years

  • Diagnosed with NSCLC

  • Investigations and treatment performed in an elective secondary or tertiary care setting

  • NSCLC not examined in isolation from other cancer diagnoses

  • Non-standard or emergency care pathways included

  • Time intervals not measurable or not relevant to secondary/tertiary care

Intervention

  • Any with the intention of reducing part or all of time intervals from primary care referral to treatment

NA
Control

  • Usual care

NA
Outcome

  • Lung cancer-specific survival

  • DFS

  • OS

  • Disease progression (eg, upstaging, change in proposed treatment)

  • Outcomes not directly correlated to timeliness

Studies

  • Any interventional or observational study

  • Published January 2012–present

  • Not available in English language

  • Abstract only

  • No original data reported

  • DFS, disease-free survival; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; OS, overall survival.