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- Title
Optimizing Survival of Patients With Marginally Operable Stage IIIA Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Chemoradiotherapy With or Without Surgery.
- Authors
Kai-Lin Yang; Yih-Chen Chan; Hui-Ling Ko; Mau-Shin Chi; Hsin-Ell Wang; Pei-Sung Hsu; Chen-Chun Lin; Diana Yu-Wung Yeh; Shang-Jyh Kao; Jiunn-Song Jiang; Kwan-Hwa Chi; Yang, Kai-Lin; Chang, Yih-Chen; Ko, Hui-Ling; Chi, Mau-Shin; Wang, Hsin-Ell; Hsu, Pei-Sung; Lin, Chen-Chun; Yeh, Diana Yu-Wung; Kao, Shang-Jyh
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>For marginally operable stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), surgery might not be done as planned after neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for reasons (unresectable or medically inoperable conditions, or patient refusal). This study aims to investigate the outcomes of a phased CCRT protocol established to maximize the operability of marginally operable stage IIIA NSCLC and to care for reassessed inoperable patients, in comparison with continuous-course definitive CCRT.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>Forty-seven patients with marginally operable stage IIIA NSCLC receiving CCRT were included. Twenty-eight patients were treated with our phased CCRT protocol, including neoadjuvant CCRT followed by surgery (group A, n = 16) or, for reassessed inoperable patients, maintenance chemotherapy and split-course CCRT boost (group B, n = 12). The other 19 were treated with continuous-course definitive CCRT (group C). Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were analyzed.<bold>Results: </bold>Among all, median OS and PFS were 35.6 and 12.8 months, respectively (median follow-up, 22.3 months). The median OS of group A (not reached) was better than that of group B (34.4 months) and group C (15.2 months) (P = .009). On multivariate analysis, performance status 0 to 1 (hazard ratio [HR], 0.026; P < .001), adenocarcinoma (HR, 0.156; P = .003), and group A (HR, 0.199; P = .033) were independent prognostic factors. The OS of group B (HR, 0.450; 95% confidence interval, 0.118-1.717; P = .243) was not statistically different from that of group C.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>For marginally operable stage IIIA NSCLC, our phased CCRT strategy may optimize survival by maximizing operability and maintain an acceptable survival for reassessed inoperable patients by split-course CCRT boost following maintenance chemotherapy.
- Subjects
ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; LUNG cancer treatment; CANCER treatment; TREATMENT of lung tumors; ADENOCARCINOMA; CISPLATIN; CLINICAL trials; COMBINED modality therapy; COMPARATIVE studies; HYDROCARBONS; LONGITUDINAL method; LUNG cancer; LUNG tumors; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; SURVIVAL; TUMOR classification; VINBLASTINE; EVALUATION research; RETROSPECTIVE studies
- Publication
Clinical Lung Cancer, 2016, Vol 17, Issue 6, p550
- ISSN
1525-7304
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1016/j.cllc.2016.05.013