Prognostic significance of tumor size in patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer: A SEER database survey

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 7529-7529
Author(s):  
S. N. Waqar ◽  
F. Gao ◽  
R. Govindan ◽  
D. Morgensztern

7529 Background: Although tumor size is a known predictor of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with surgery or radiotherapy, there is limited information regarding its prognostic significance in patients with mediastinal lymph node involvement. Methods: The Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) registry was queried for patients with unresected NSCLC stage III, without malignant pleural effusion, aged 21 or older, and diagnosed between 1998 and 2003. Tumor size was defined as S1 (0.1–3 cm), S2 (3.1–5 cm), S3 (5.1–7 cm) and S4 (7.1–20 cm). Demographic variables included age, gender, race and histology. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate the overall survival (OS) and disease-specific survival (DSS), and the Cox proportional hazard model to evaluate whether tumor size remained an independent risk factor after adjusting for stage and other demographic variables. Results: A total of 12,205 patients met the eligibility criteria. Median age at diagnosis was 70 years and most patients were male (58.8%) and white (81.3%). Tumor size was a statistically significant predictor for both overall survival (p<0.0001) and disease-specific survival (p<0.0001) on multivariate analysis. Selected groups of patients with smaller stage IIIB disease had better OS compared to patients with stage IIIA, including; IIIBS1 vs. IIIAS3 (p=0.0005) or IIIA S4 (p<0.0001) and IIIBS2 vs. IIIAS4 (p=0.0001). Conclusions: Tumor size is an independent predictor for OS and DSS in patients with unresected stage III NSCLC and should be considered in the stratification of patients treated in this setting. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.

Author(s):  
Hiromitsu Kanzaki ◽  
Yasushi Hamamoto ◽  
Kei Nagasaki ◽  
Toshiyuki Kozuki

Abstract Purpose Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been reported to be associated with treatment outcomes in various cancers; however, the optimal timing to measure NLR is unclear. In this study, “average-NLR” was newly devised, which reflects the NLR throughout the course of radiotherapy, and its usefulness was assessed for stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with chemoradiotherapy. Materials and methods A total of 111 patients who received definitive chemoradiotherapy for unresectable stage III NSCLC were reviewed. Patient/tumor-related factors, treatment-related, and NLR-related factors (average-NLR, pre- and post-radiotherapy NLR, NLR-nadir, NLR-maximum) were assessed using univariate and multivariate analyses. Results The median follow-up period was 43.8 months among the survivors. In the multivariate analysis, average-NLR and post-radiotherapy NLR were significant factors for the overall survival (OS) (p = 0.016 and 0.028) and distant failure (DF) (p = 0.008 and 0.040). For the patients with low, intermediate, and high average-NLR, the median OS was 41.2, 37.7, and 14.8 months, respectively, and the median DF free time was 52.5, 13.5, and 8.9 months, respectively. Conclusion Average-NLR and post-radiotherapy NLR were significant factors for the OS and DF. Average-NLR, which was available immediately after the completion of chemoradiotherapy, seemed to be helpful for treatment decisions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Vrankar ◽  
Karmen Stanic

Abstract Background Standard treatment for patients with inoperable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). Five-year overall survival rates range between 15 and 25%, while long term survival data are rarely reported. Patients and methods A total of 102 patients with stage III NSCLC treated between September 2005 and November 2010 with induction chemotherapy and CCRT were included in this long term survival analysis. All patients were tested for PD-L1 status and expression of PD-L1 was correlated with overall survival (OS), progression free survival (PFS) and toxicities. Results The median OS of all patients was 24.8 months (95% CI 18.7 to 31.0) with 10 year-survival rate of 11.2%. The median OS of patients with PD-L1 expression was 12.1 months (95% CI 0.1 to 26.2), while in patients with negative or unknown PD-L1 status was significantly longer, 25.2 months (95% CI 18.9 to 31.6), p = 0.005. The median PFS of all patients was 16.4 months (95% CI 13.0 to 19.9). PFS of patients with PD-L1 expression was 10.1 months (95% CI 0.1 to 20.4) and in patients with negative or unknown PD-L1 status was 17.9 months (95% CI 14.2 to 21.7), p = 0.003. Conclusions 10-year overall survival of stage III NSCLC patients after CCRT is 11.2%. PFS and OS differ with regard to PD-L1 status and are significantly shorter for patients with PD-L1 expression. New treatment with check-point inhibitors combined with RT therefore seems reasonable strategy to improve these results.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A263-A263
Author(s):  
Matthew Guo ◽  
Joseph Murray ◽  
Paola Ghanem ◽  
Khinh Ranh Voong ◽  
Russell Hales ◽  
...  

BackgroundDurvalumab consolidation after chemoradiation for unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) improves overall survival. However, up to 25% of patients progress within 18 months following durvalumab consolidation. Little is known regarding the genomic determinants of response to therapy.1 2MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed medical records of 76 patients with stage III NSCLC who received definitive chemoradiation and durvalumab consolidation between 2015–2020 at a large tertiary academic center. Tumor characteristics, molecular profiling, and clinical outcomes including response, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) were documented in an IRB-approved database. Outcomes were assessed by molecular alterations identified from diagnostic biopsy samples using Kaplan-Meier analysis.ResultsOf 76 patients with stage III NSCLC treated with definitive chemoradiation and durvalumab consolidation, 74 were evaluable for PFS and OS. Median age at diagnosis was 66.5 years and 43% were women (n=32). Histology included adenocarcinoma (55%, n=41) and squamous cell carcinoma (32%, n=24). Median follow-up time was 23.0 months from start of durvalumab. The cohort’s median PFS was 15.9 months with 36 patients having documented radiographic progression. Overall survival for the cohort was 32.0 months with 28 deaths. Molecular profiling was performed at time of diagnosis in 35 patients (47%), of which 30 had adenocarcinoma histology. 18 patients had KRAS mutations including KRAS p.G12C (n=8), which were mutually exclusive with 8 patients who had other clinically targetable alterations (EGFR mutations n=1, ALK fusion n=1, RET fusion n=1, MET exon 14 skipping mutation n=1, or ERBB2 mutation n=4). Three patients had non-targetable mutations (BRAF non-p.V600E, STK11, KEAP1) and the remaining six patients lacked an identifiable alteration. There was no significant difference in PFS (p=0.92 by log-rank) or OS (p=0.36 by log-rank) between patients with KRAS mutations, other targetable alterations, non-targetable mutations, or those without molecular profiling. Within patients with KRAS mutations, there was no significant difference in PFS (p=0.33 by log-rank) or OS (p=0.69 by log-rank) when comparing KRAS p.G12C to non-p.G12C mutations.ConclusionsOur study of real-world cohort of patients with stage III NSCLC examined genomic determinants of response to treatment with definitive chemoradiation and durvalumab. Results from this retrospective study suggest that patients with KRAS-mutated tumors derive similar benefit from therapy than patients with other targetable, non-targetable or no identifiable genomic alterations. Future directions for this cohort include analysis of post-progression therapy, subgroup analysis comparing genomic alterations to patterns of progression, and examination of molecular signatures of patients with progression.ReferencesAntonia SJ, Villegas A, Daniel D, et al. Durvalumab after chemoradiotherapy in stage III non–small-cell lung cancer. N Engl J Med 2017;377(20):1919–1929. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1709937Faivre-Finn C, Vicente D, Kurata T, et al. Four-year survival with durvalumab after chemoradiotherapy in stage III NSCLC—an update from the PACIFIC trial. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2021;16(5):860–867. doi:10.1016/j.jtho.2020.12.015Ethics ApprovalThis retrospective chart review study has obtained ethics approval from the Institutional Review Board at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (number: IRB00232313).


2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 784-791
Author(s):  
Volkan Erdoğu ◽  
Necati Çitak ◽  
Celal B Sezen ◽  
Levent Cansever ◽  
Cemal Aker ◽  
...  

Background We investigated whether all size-based pathological T4N0–N1 non-small cell lung cancer patients with tumors at any size >7 cm had the same outcomes. Methods We reviewed non-small cell lung cancer patients with tumors >7 cm who underwent anatomical lung resection between 2010 and 2016. A total of 251 size-based T4N0–N1 patients were divided into two groups based on tumor size. Group S ( n = 192) included patients with tumors of 7.1–9.9 cm and Group L ( n = 59) as tumor size ≥10 cm. Results The mean tumor size was 8.83 ± 1.7 cm (Group S: 8.06 ± 0.6 cm, Group L: 11.3 ± 1.6 cm). There were 146 patients with pathological N0 and 105 patients with pathological N1 disease. Mean overall survival and disease-free survival were 64.2 and 51.4 months, respectively. The five-year overall survival and disease-free survival rates were 51.2% and 43.5% (five-year OS; pT4N0:52.7%, pT4N1:47.9%, DFS; pT4N0:44.3%, pT4N1: 42.3%). No significant differences were observed between T4N0 and T4N1 patients in terms of five-year OS or DFS ( p = 0.325, p = 0.505 respectively). The five-year overall survival and disease-free survival rates were 52% and 44.6% in Group S, and 48.5% and 38.9% in Group L. No significant difference was observed between the groups in terms of five-year overall survival or disease-free survival ( p = 0.699, p = 0.608, respectively). Conclusions Above 7 cm, any further increase in tumor size in non-small cell lung cancer patients had no significant effect on survival, confirming it is not necessary to further discriminate among patients with tumors in that size class.


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