The 5-year survival rate of marginally resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated by platinum/gemcitabine induction chemotherapy and surgery is not well documented. We studied 47 consecutive patients with NSCLC stage IIIA-IIIb (non-N3) treated with platinum/gemcitabine induction chemotherapy (median: 3 cycles) and evaluated the objective response, resectability, surgical morbidity/mortality and long-term survival rate. The induction chemotherapy was completed by 45/47 patients. Objective response was: 36% partial, 32% stable disease, 28% progression, 0% complete; two patients (4%) died during induction chemotherapy. Tumor resectability was 74%, postoperative morbidity 34%, mortality nil. 26% of patients were unresectable. in the whole cohort the 5-year survival was 25% (95%CI, 17%-32%) and the median survival was 22 months (28 months in resected patients; 7 months in unresectable).In conclusion, in the intention-to-treat population undergoing platinum/gemcitabine induction chemotherapy, resectability was high (74%) and the 5-year survival rate was 25%. Median survival in resected cases was three-fold greater than in the unresected.

Five-year survival of stage IIIA-IIIB (non-N3) non-small cell lung cancer patients after platinum/gemcitabine induction chemotherapy and surgery.

IMPERATORI, ANDREA SELENITO
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La Salvia D;ROTOLO, NICOLA;NARDECCHIA, ELISA;SPANEVELLO, ANTONIO;DOMINIONI, LORENZO
2010-01-01

Abstract

The 5-year survival rate of marginally resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated by platinum/gemcitabine induction chemotherapy and surgery is not well documented. We studied 47 consecutive patients with NSCLC stage IIIA-IIIb (non-N3) treated with platinum/gemcitabine induction chemotherapy (median: 3 cycles) and evaluated the objective response, resectability, surgical morbidity/mortality and long-term survival rate. The induction chemotherapy was completed by 45/47 patients. Objective response was: 36% partial, 32% stable disease, 28% progression, 0% complete; two patients (4%) died during induction chemotherapy. Tumor resectability was 74%, postoperative morbidity 34%, mortality nil. 26% of patients were unresectable. in the whole cohort the 5-year survival was 25% (95%CI, 17%-32%) and the median survival was 22 months (28 months in resected patients; 7 months in unresectable).In conclusion, in the intention-to-treat population undergoing platinum/gemcitabine induction chemotherapy, resectability was high (74%) and the 5-year survival rate was 25%. Median survival in resected cases was three-fold greater than in the unresected.
2010
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/joc.2010.22.3.191
Induction therapy, cisplatin, gemcitabine, 5-year survival, non-small cell lung cancer, general thoracic surgery GUIDELINES 2ND EDITION, PHASE-II, N2, CISPLATIN, GEMCITABINE, TRIAL, RESECTION, THERAPY,
Imperatori, ANDREA SELENITO; La Salvia, D; Rotolo, Nicola; Nardecchia, Elisa; Bandera, M; Toungoussova, O; Spanevello, Antonio; Dominioni, Lorenzo
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