Improving Lung Cancer Care in Australia
A national collaboration
Improving Lung Cancer Care in Australia
A national collaboration
A national collaboration
A national collaboration
Lung cancer accounts for 9% of all cancers but is responsible for 18% of deaths from all cancers in Australia. The number of years of potential life lost each year to lung cancer in Australia is estimated to be similar to that of colorectal and breast cancer combined.
Despite advances in treatments and evidence-based guidelines to inform best clinical practice, the five year survival for all lung cancer in Australia remains terribly low at only 19%.
LUCAP is a patient-focused research group who are developing a national clinical quality data platform for lung cancer that collects, analyses and reports on information like how quickly people get lung cancer tests, what sort of tests are done and how quickly people get treatments.
LUCAP researchers can compare this information against A
LUCAP is a patient-focused research group who are developing a national clinical quality data platform for lung cancer that collects, analyses and reports on information like how quickly people get lung cancer tests, what sort of tests are done and how quickly people get treatments.
LUCAP researchers can compare this information against Australian and international guidelines for best clinical care and treatments, so we can compare standards of care between hospitals. If it looks like something is not going well in one hospital, LUCAP can help the hospital to learn what they need to do differently to improve care, or if something is going very well, LUCAP will help other hospitals learn from the success. This will support lung patients to receive the best quality of care.
The LUCAP team is made up of experts in lung cancer care, research and advocacy including: respiratory physicians, thoracic surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, nurses, and importantly, lung cancer patients and survivors.
LUCAP has the full support of the Lung Foundation Australia, the Institute for Respiratory Health and other peak health bodies. Find out more about our project partners here.
Our mission is to improve the safety, quality and outcomes of health care for all lung cancer patients in Australia.
A national data platform that enables the performance of lung cancer service providers to be compared against a set of national standards and supports innovative research in lung cancer care and treatments.
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