JCES 01.20 Primary Tumor Resection versus Maintenance Therapy for Patients with Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

e20552 Background: Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with low volume disease represents a more indolent phenotype within the biological spectrum of lung cancer. Recent data suggest that aggressive local therapy may impact clinical benefit in this subgroup of patients, with 5-year overall survival (OS) rate around 20%. Methods: We analyzed patients with oligometetastatic (≤3 metastasis) NSCLC treated with primary tumor resection at Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS. Clinico-pathological features and survival data were retrospectively collected using standard templates. The primary endpoint was OS. Survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test was used to univariate analysis. Results: Between April 1991 and December 2015, 25 patients with oligometastatic NSCLC underwent surgery of the primary tumor. Clinico-pathological data are summarized in Table 1. Overall, median OS was 16 months (95% CI: 8.87-23.13 months) with a 5-years survival rate of 7%. Age less than 65 years old was associated with longer OS (HR 0.34 95%CI 0.13-0.92 p = 0.02). Patients with brain metastasis had a non-significant lower OS than those without (16 vs. 24 months, respectively). Conclusions: This analysis suggests that in a resource-limited center, where immunotherapies and targeted-therapies are not available, local therapy for oligometastatic NSCLC did not provide the same clinical benefit seen in the same population from high-income countries. See table. [Table: see text]

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Management of Synchronous Extrathoracic Oligometastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Cancers ◽

10.3390/cancers13081893 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 1893

Author(s):

Gregory D. Jones ◽

Harry B. Lengel ◽

Meier Hsu ◽

Kay See Tan ◽

Raul Caso ◽

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Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽

Tumor Size ◽

Primary Tumor ◽

Tumor Resection ◽

Stage Iv ◽

Small Cell ◽

Primary Tumor Resection ◽

Small Cell Lung ◽

Primary Tumor Size

Stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 35 to 40% of newly diagnosed cases of NSCLC. The oligometastatic state—≤5 extrathoracic metastatic lesions in ≤3 organs—is present in ~25% of patients with stage IV disease and is associated with markedly improved outcomes. We retrospectively identified patients with extrathoracic oligometastatic NSCLC who underwent primary tumor resection at our institution from 2000 to 2018. Event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) were estimated using the Kaplan–Meier method. Factors associated with EFS and OS were determined using Cox regression. In total, 111 patients with oligometastatic NSCLC underwent primary tumor resection; 87 (78%) had a single metastatic lesion. Local consolidative therapy for metastases was performed in 93 patients (84%). Seventy-seven patients experienced recurrence or progression. The five-year EFS was 19% (95% confidence interval (CI), 12–29%), and the five-year OS was 36% (95% CI, 27–50%). Factors independently associated with EFS were primary tumor size (hazard ratio (HR), 1.15 (95% CI, 1.03–1.29); p = 0.014) and lymphovascular invasion (HR, 1.73 (95% CI, 1.06–2.84); p = 0.029). Factors independently associated with OS were neoadjuvant therapy (HR, 0.43 (95% CI, 0.24–0.77); p = 0.004), primary tumor size (HR, 1.18 (95% CI, 1.02–1.35); p = 0.023), pathologic nodal disease (HR, 1.83 (95% CI, 1.05–3.20); p = 0.033), and visceral-pleural invasion (HR, 1.93 (95% CI, 1.10–3.40); p = 0.022). Primary tumor resection represents an important treatment option in the multimodal management of extrathoracic oligometastatic NSCLC. Encouraging long-term survival can be achieved in carefully selected patients, including those who received neoadjuvant therapy and those with limited intrathoracic disease.

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Do we Need Maintenance Chemotherapy in Advanced NSCLC in the Era of Immune and Targeted Therapy?

Current Cancer Therapy Reviews ◽

10.2174/1573394714666180417160205 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 50-55

Author(s):

Ahmed Nagy ◽

Omar Abdel Rahman ◽

Heba Abdullah ◽

Ahmed Negida

Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Maintenance Therapy ◽

Small Cell Lung Cancer ◽

Cell Lung Cancer ◽

Statistical Significance ◽

Small Cell ◽

Maintenance Chemotherapy ◽

Small Cell Lung ◽

The Impact

Background: Although well established for the effective management of hematologic cancers, maintenance chemotherapy has only been recently incorportated as a treatment paradigm for advanced non–small-cell lung cancer. Maintenance chemotherapy aims to prolong a clinically favorable response state achieved after finishing induction therapy which is usually predefined in number before startng treatment. There are 2 modalities for maintenance therapy; continuation maintenance (involving a non-platinum component which was a part of the induction protocol or a targeted agent) and switch maintenance therapy (utilizing a new agent which was not a part of the induction regimen). Methods: The purpose of this article is to review the role of maintenance therapy in the treatment of advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) and provide a brief overview about induction chemotherapy in NSCLC to address the basis of maintenance therapy as a treatment option. We will also compare the impact of maintenance chemotherapy with the now evolving role of immunotherapy in NSCLC. Results: There have been 4 maintenance studies to date showing prolonged PFS and OS with statistical significance. However, Three out of the four studies (ECOG4599, JMEN, and PARAMOUNT) did not report tumor molecular analysis. As regard Immunotherapy, current data is in favour of strongly an increasing role for immunotherapy in NSCLC. Conclusion: Maintenance therapy in NSCLC continues to be an important therapeutic line to improve outcome in patients with metastatic and recurrent disease.

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