The impact of programmed death-ligand 1 expression on the prognosis of early-stage resected non-small cell lung cancer: A meta-analysis of literatures.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e21004-e21004
Author(s):  
Shuai Zhu ◽  
Xiongfei Li ◽  
Shikang Zhao ◽  
Yanye Wang ◽  
Xi Lei ◽  
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e21004 Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) serves as a poor prognostic biomarker for the survival in advanced-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, the value of PD-L1 expression for the prognosis of early-stage NSCLC patients after complete resection remains controversial. Here, we conduct a meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between PD-L1 expression and prognosis in resected NSCLC. Methods: Electronic databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library, were searched up until June 30 2019, for studies evaluating the expression of PD-L1 and prognosis of the resected NSCLC. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence interval (CI) of overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were pooled and analyzed. Heterogeneity and publication bias analyses were also performed. Results: A total of 15 studies involving 3501 patients were enrolled. The pooled hazard ratio (HR) showed that PD-L1 expression was related to a much shorter DFS (HR = 1.63, 95% CI: 1.26-2.12, P = 0.022), as well a significantly worse OS (HR = 1.68, 95% CI: 1.32-2.14, P = 0.000). Furthermore, our analysis indicated that PD-L1 expression was significantly associated with gender (male vs. female: HR = 1.25, 95% CI:1.02-1.52, p = 0.028), tumor stage (III/IV vs. I/ II: HR = 2.39, 95% CI:1.85-3.08, p = 0.000), lymph node metastasis (N+ vs N-: HR = 3.54, 95%CI:2.56-4.88, p = 0.000) and smoking status (Yes vs No: HR = 1.37,95% CI:1.20-1.560, p = 0.000). Conclusions: The results of this meta-analysis suggest that PD-L1 expression predict an unfavorable prognosis in early-stage resected NSCLC. The role of individualized anti-PD-L1/PD-1immunotherapy in the adjuvant settings of resected NSCLC is worthy of being further investigated.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Shi ◽  
Shuai Zhu ◽  
Hengjuan Guo ◽  
Xiongfei Li ◽  
Shikang Zhao ◽  
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IntroductionPrevious studies have demonstrated that programmed cell death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) serves as biomarker for poor prognosis and survival in advanced-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. However, the merit of PD-L1 expression to predict the prognosis of early stage NSCLC patients who underwent complete resection remains controversial. In the present study, we performed a meta-analysis to investigate the relationship between PD-L1 expression and prognosis in patients with early stage resected NSCLC.MethodsElectronic databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library, were searched until July 23 2020 for studies evaluating the expression of PD-L1 and the prognosis of resected NSCLCs. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were pooled and analyzed. Heterogeneity and publication bias analyses were also assessed.ResultsA total of 15 studies involving 3,790 patients were considered in the present meta-analysis. The pooled HR indicated that PD-L1 expression related to a much shorter DFS (HR = 1.56, 95% CI: 1.18–2.05, p < 0.01), as well a significantly worse OS (HR = 1.68, 95% CI: 1.29–2.18, p < 0.01). Furthermore, our analysis indicated that PD-L1 expression was significantly associated with gender (male vs. female: OR = 1.27, 95% CI:1.01–1.59, p = 0.038), histology (ADC vs. SCC: OR = 0.54, 95% CI:0.38–0.77, p = 0.001), TNM stage (I vs. II–III: OR = 0.45, 95% CI:0.34–0.60, p = 0.000), smoking status (Yes vs No: OR = 1.43, 95% CI:1.14–1.80, p = 0.002) and lymph node metastasis (N+ vs N−: OR = 1.97, 95% CI:1.26–3.08, p = 0.003).ConclusionsThe results of this meta-analysis suggest that PD-L1 expression predicts an unfavorable prognosis in early stage resected NSCLCs. The role of personalized anti-PD-L1/PD-1 immunotherapy in the adjuvant settings of resected NSCLC warrants further investigation.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Bai ◽  
Xu Ma ◽  
Sen Han ◽  
Jian Fang

Abstract Background: Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have a significantly higher risk of developing venous thromboembolism (VTE), a condition that significantly influences the prognosis of these patients. However, the impact of VTE on the survival of NSCLC patients remains unclear. We aim to evaluate the impact of VTE on the mortality of patients with NSCLC. Methods: We systematically reviewed all indexed studies examining the prognosis of NSCLC patients with VTE. Web of Science, EMBASE, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library were searched through December 31, 2019 to identify relevant studies. Fixed- or random-effects models were chosen based on heterogeneity. Results: Twelve articles with 6480 patients were included in this analysis. The heterogeneity of these studies was significant (I2=81%, P<0.01). The overall survival (OS) of NSCLC patients with VTE was shorter compared to patients without VTE (HR=1.71, 95% CI [1.39–2.10], P<0.01). Two small groups of SCLC patients were excluded and the remaining patients were divided into the Asian and non-Asian groups. The Asian group showed low heterogeneity (I2=35%, P=0.20), in which NSCLC patients with VTE also had shorter OS (HR=1.49, 95% CI [1.19–1.88], P<0.01). Conclusions: VTE is significantly associated with a shorter OS of NSCLC patients, especially in Asian patients. Proper prevention and management of VTE is the key to improving the survival of patients with NSCLC.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoting Zhang ◽  
Huaning Kang ◽  
Guihong Chen ◽  
Xiaofeng Li

Abstract BackgroundRecent studies have shown that MicroRNAs can be used as potential biomarkers to the prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Hence, we conducted this meta-analysis to evaluate the prognostic role of microRNA let-7 in NSCLC patients.MethodsPubMed, Web of Science, Medline and the Cochrane Library were searched for relevant studies. Eligible studies were met specific inclusion and exclusion criteria. Stata 15.1 was used to calculate the pooled parameters.ResultsA total of 11 studies involving 2278 NSCLC patients were included in this meta-analysis. Subgroup analyses established that the heterogeneity was connected with ethnicity and follow-up time. The results suggested that the low expression of microRNA let-7 indicates a poor overall survival rate, with a hazard ratio value of 0.99 (95% CI: 0.64-1.34, P <0.05).ConclusionsLow expression of microRNA let-7 is closely related to the poor prognosis of NSCLC, so microRNA let-7 may become a new biomarker to evaluate the prognosis of NSCLC patients.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 1035-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan He ◽  
Li-Yue Sun ◽  
Rui Gong ◽  
Qing Liu ◽  
Ya-Kang Long ◽  
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To investigate the prevalence of EML4-ALK variants in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Materials & methods: Database of Pubmed, Embase, Medline and Cochrane Library were searched systematically to April 2018. Results: A total of 39 articles including 1903 NSCLC patients with ALK positive were recruited. The overall pooled prevalence for EML4-ALK variant 1 to 3 was 81.84% (95% CI: 76.68–86.99%), ranging from 86.64% tested by RT-PCR to 70.85% tested by other methods (p = 0.00). Subgroup analysis showed that the pooled prevalences of variant 1, 2 and 3 were 40.38% (95% CI: 34.83–45.93%), 6.59% (95% CI: 4.27–8.91%) and 26.54% (95% CI: 20.89–32.2%), respectively. Conclusion: This present study provides the exact prevalence of EML4-ALK rearrangement in different variants for NSCLC patients with ALK positive.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yimin Li ◽  
Yonglin Yi ◽  
Anqi Lin ◽  
Peng Luo ◽  
Jian Zhang

Abstract Objection To explore the effects of combinations of antiangiogenic agents and chemotherapy agents on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients and indirectly compare the therapeutic effect of Endostar combined with chemotherapy and bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy on NSCLC. Methods We searched 3 electronic databases: PubMed, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library. The ORRs, HRs and 95% confidence intervals of OS and PFS were used to compare the efficacy of Endostar combined with chemotherapy and bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy. We use the Bayesian network meta-analysis method to make indirect comparisons and obtain rank probabilities; in addition, we used single-arm meta-analysis to synthesize the existing data. Results A total of 29 studies were included in the analysis. Among them, we included a total of 14 interventions. A total of 12,862 patients participated in this analysis. The single-arm meta-analysis showed that the pooled ORR and 95% CI were 0.35 (0.31, 0.39), the pooled HR of OS and 95% CI were 0.89 (0.81, 0.98), and the pooled HR of PFS and 95% CI were 0.67 (0.56, 0.81). According to the results of network meta-analysis, there were no significant differences between the 5 kinds of bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy regimens and the 4 kinds of Endostar combined with chemotherapy regimens for improving ORR and prolonging OS and PFS. The rank probabilities suggested that in terms of ORR, Pla + Pem + Bev was the first-ranked intervention (0.288). Pla + Pem + Endo was the first-ranked intervention for prolonging OS (0.423) and Pla + Gem + Endo was the first-ranked intervention for prolonging PFS (0.302). Conclusion Antiangiogenic agents combined with platinum-containing dual drugs can provide benefits to NSCLC patients. In addition, bevacizumab combined with chemotherapy regimens has better theraputic effect on ORR while Endostar combined with chemotherapy may have better effects on OS and PFS for the treatment of NSCLC patients.


2020 ◽  
Vol 245 (16) ◽  
pp. 1428-1436
Author(s):  
Zhi-Jun Zhang ◽  
Xing-Guo Song ◽  
Li Xie ◽  
Kang-Yu Wang ◽  
You-Yong Tang ◽  
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Circulating exosomal microRNAs (ExmiRNAs) provide an ideal non-invasive method for cancer diagnosis. In this study, we evaluated two circulating ExmiRNAs in NSCLC patients as a diagnostic tool for early-stage non-small lung cancer (NSCLC). The exosomes were characterized by qNano, transmission electron microscopy, and Western blot, and the ExmiRNA expression was measured by microarrays. The differentially expressed miRNAs were verified by RT-qPCR using peripheral blood specimens from NSCLC patients ( n = 276, 0 and I stage: n = 104) and healthy donors ( n = 282). The diagnostic values were measured by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. The results show that the expression of both ExmiR-20b-5p and ExmiR-3187-5p was drastically reduced in NSCLC patients. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was determined to be 0.818 and 0.690 for ExmiR-20b-5p and ExmiR-3187-5p, respectively. When these two ExmiRNAs were combined, the AUC increased to 0.848. When the ExmiRNAs were administered with either carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) or cytokeratin-19-fragment (CYFRA21-1), the AUC was further improved to 0.905 and 0.894, respectively. Additionally, both ExmiR-20b-5p and ExmiR-3187-5p could be used to distinguish early stages NSCLC (0 and I stage) from the healthy controls. The ROC curves showed that the AUCs were 0.810 and 0.673, respectively. Combination of ExmiR-20b-5p and ExmiR-3187-5p enhanced the AUC to 0.838. When CEA and CYFRA21-1 were administered with the ExmiRNAs, the AUCs were improved to 0.930 and 0.928, respectively. In summary, circulating serum exosomal miR-20b-5p and miR-3187-5p could be used as effective, non-invasive biomarkers for the diagnosis of early-stage NSCLC, and the effects were further improved when the ExmiRNAs were combined. Impact statement The high mortality of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is mainly because the cancer has progressed to a more advanced stage before diagnosis. If NSCLC can be diagnosed at early stages, especially stage 0 or I, the overall survival rate will be largely improved by definitive treatment such as lobectomy. We herein validated two novel circulating serum ExmiRs as diagnostic biomarkers for early-stage NSCLC to fulfill the unmet medical need. Considering the number of specimens in this study, circulating serum exosomal miR-20b-5p and miR-3187-5p are putative NSCLC biomarkers, which need to be further investigated in a larger randomized controlled clinical trial.


2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (6) ◽  
pp. 1051-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Winckelmans ◽  
Herbert Decaluwé ◽  
Paul De Leyn ◽  
Dirk Van Raemdonck

Abstract OBJECTIVES The role of segmentectomy in early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains a matter of debate. We performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the oncological outcomes following segmentectomy versus lobectomy for stage I, stage IA only and stage IA &lt;2 cm only. METHODS We systematically searched the literature for articles reporting on overall survival (OS), cancer-specific survival (CSS) or recurrence-free survival (RFS). The hazard ratios (HRs) were retrieved and pooled using an inverse variance-weighted approach. RESULTS Twenty-eight studies were included in the analysis. In stage I, segmentectomy was found to be inferior to lobectomy for all 3 outcomes with HR: 1.25 (P = 0.01) for OS, 1.59 (P = 0.02) for CSS and 1.40 (P &lt; 0.001) for RFS. In stage IA, the differences were significant for OS and CSS, though not for RFS with HR: 1.31 (P = 0.04), 1.56 (P = 0.02) and 1.22 (P = 0.11), respectively. In stage IA &lt;2 cm, no significant differences were found between segmentectomy and lobectomy with HR: 1.13 (P = 0.37) for OS, 1.02 (P = 0.95) for CSS and 1.24 (P = 0.11) for RFS. CONCLUSIONS For stages I and IA, lobectomy showed superior results whereas for tumours &lt;2 cm, our study did not find significant differences in oncological outcomes between both groups. These results suggest that segmentectomy might be a valuable alternative to lobectomy for NSCLC in tumours &lt;2 cm.


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