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Rosca OC, Vele OE. Microsatellite Instability, Mismatch Repair, and Tumor Mutation Burden in Lung Cancer. Surg Pathol Clin 2024; 17:295-305. [PMID: 38692812 DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2023.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Since US Food and Drug Administration approval of programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) as the first companion diagnostic for immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in non-small cell lung cancer, many patients have experienced increased overall survival. To improve selection of ICI responders versus nonresponders, microsatellite instability/mismatch repair deficiency (MSI/MMR) and tumor mutation burden (TMB) came into play. Clinical data show PD-L1, MSI/MMR, and TMB are independent predictive immunotherapy biomarkers. Harmonization of testing methodologies, optimization of assay design, and results analysis are ongoing. Future algorithms to determine immunotherapy eligibility might involve complementary use of current and novel biomarkers. Artificial intelligence could facilitate algorithm implementation to convert complex genetic data into recommendations for specific ICIs.
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- Oana C Rosca
- Molecular Pathologist/Cytopathologist, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2200 Northern Boulevard, Suite 104, Greenvale, NY 11548, USA.
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- Molecular Pathologist/Cytopathologist, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY 10075, USA
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Dacic S. Pathologic Response Evaluation in Neoadjuvant-Treated Lung Cancer. Surg Pathol Clin 2024; 17:287-293. [PMID: 38692811 DOI: 10.1016/j.path.2023.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Major pathologic response (MPR) and pathologic complete response (pCR) are increasingly being used in non-small cell lung carcinoma neoadjuvant clinical trials as an early endpoint of survival. MPR for all histologic types of lung cancer is ≤ 10% of viable tumor, while pCR requires no viable tumor. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer multidisciplinary recommendation for the assessment of response in surgically resected lung carcinomas after neoadjuvant therapy was the first attempt to standardize grossing processing and microscopic evaluation.
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- Sanja Dacic
- Department of Pathology Yale School of Medicine, 200 So Frontage Street, EP2-607, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
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Chaft JE, Dziadziuszko R, Haddock Lobo Goulart B. Moving Immunotherapy Into the Treatment of Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book 2024; 44:e432500. [PMID: 38788177 DOI: 10.1200/edbk_432500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Clinical investigation of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) has expanded from indications in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to add to the treatment of early-stage or resectable NSCLC. Although completed randomized trials supported the approvals of some ICIs as perioperative therapies (ie, adjuvant, neoadjuvant, or neoadjuvant followed by adjuvant), ongoing trials are evaluating other anti-PD-(L)1 antibodies for similar indications, or in combination with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). The incorporation of immunotherapy brings potential to improve outcomes of patients with resectable NSCLC, but these advances have also increased the complexity of the treatment landscape and created important knowledge gaps. This article reviews the current standards for local therapies in NSCLC, describes the clinical trials exploring the combination of ICIs to SBRT, and explains the recent approvals of ICIs as perioperative therapies. A discussion follows to highlight three important areas of uncertainty: (1) the contribution of ICIs given in each treatment phase (neoadjuvant and adjuvant) to the overall effect of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy followed by adjuvant ICIs; (2) the selection of regimens to serve as comparators in future randomized trials of perioperative therapies; and (3) the role of pathologic complete response as an intermediate end point and aid for selection of patients for adjuvant therapy. Moving forward, stakeholders will need to engage in concerted research efforts to address the relevant clinical questions regarding the optimal management of resectable NSCLC.
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- Jamie E Chaft
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Dept. of Oncology and Radiotherapy and Early Phase Clinical Trials Center, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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Xu H, Li C, Zhang L, Ding Z, Lu T, Hu H. Immunotherapy efficacy prediction through a feature re-calibrated 2.5D neural network. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2024; 249:108135. [PMID: 38569256 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/13/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Lung cancer continues to be a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, with immunotherapy emerging as a promising therapeutic strategy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite its potential, not all patients experience benefits from immunotherapy, and the current biomarkers used for treatment selection possess inherent limitations. As a result, the implementation of imaging-based biomarkers to predict the efficacy of lung cancer treatments offers a promising avenue for improving therapeutic outcomes. METHODS This study presents an automatic system for immunotherapy efficacy prediction on the subjects with lung cancer, facilitating significant clinical implications. Our model employs an advanced 2.5D neural network that incorporates 2D intra-slice feature extraction and 3D inter-slice feature aggregation. We further present a lesion-focused prior to guide the re-calibration for intra-slice features, and a attention-based re-calibration for the inter-slice features. Finally, we design an accumulated back-propagation strategy to optimize network parameters in a memory-efficient fashion. RESULTS We demonstrate that the proposed method achieves impressive performance on an in-house clinical dataset, surpassing existing state-of-the-art models. Furthermore, the proposed model exhibits increased efficiency in inference for each subject on average. To further validate the effectiveness of our model and its components, we conducted comprehensive and in-depth ablation experiments and discussions. CONCLUSION The proposed model showcases the potential to enhance physicians' diagnostic performance due to its impressive performance in predicting immunotherapy efficacy, thereby offering significant clinical application value. Moreover, we conduct adequate comparison experiments of the proposed methods and existing advanced models. These findings contribute to our understanding of the proposed model's effectiveness and serve as motivation for future work in immunotherapy efficacy prediction.
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- Haipeng Xu
- Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian 350014, China.
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- Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, SAR, China.
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- Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian 350014, China.
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- School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Fujian 350014, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital and Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian 350014, China.
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- Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fujian 350014, China.
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Sun W, Qu L, Wu J, Liu X, Wang C, Jiang Y, Liu Y, Chen M, Wang X, Lin D. "Percentage" and "size" of residual viable tumor in lymph node, the performance in estimating pathologic response of lymph node in non-small cell lung cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. Hum Pathol 2024; 149:1-9. [PMID: 38782102 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2024.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Revised: 05/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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There is no universally accepted method for evaluating lymph node metastasis (LNM) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. Different protocols recommend evaluating the percentage of residual viable tumor (RVT%) and metastatic tumor size (MTS). Our aim was to determine the prognostic significance of RVT% and MTS, and identify the more effective parameter for pathological evaluating LNM. Two independent cohorts were collected (derivation, n = 84; external validation, n = 42). All patients exhibited metastatic cancer or treatment response in lymph nodes post-surgery. In the derivation cohort, we assessed the mean and largest values of MTS and RVT% in LNM, estimating their optimal cutoffs for event-free survival (EFS) using maximally selected rank statistics. Validation was subsequently conducted in the external validation cohort. The quality of prognostic factors was evaluated using the Area Under Curve (AUC). A positive association was identified between RVT% and MTS, but an absolute association could not be conclusively established. In the derivation cohort, neither the largest MTS (cutoff = 6 mm, p = 0.28), largest RVT% (cutoff = 75%, p = 0.23), nor mean RVT% (cutoff = 55%, p = 0.06) were associated with EFS. However, mean MTS (cutoff = 4.5 mm) in lymph nodes was statistically associated with EFS (p = 0.018), validated by the external cohort (p = 0.017). The prognostic value of MTS exceeded that of ypN staging in both cohorts, as evidenced by higher AUC values. The mean value of MTS can effectively serve as a parameter for the pathological evaluation of lymph nodes, with a threshold of 4.5 mm, closely linked to EFS. Its prognostic value outperforms that of ypN staging.
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- Wei Sun
- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China; Thoracic Oncology Institute, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China.
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Wang F, Yang H, Chen W, Ruan L, Jiang T, Cheng L, Jiang H, Fang M. A combined model using pre-treatment CT radiomics and clinicopathological features of non-small cell lung cancer to predict major pathological responses after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. Curr Probl Cancer 2024; 50:101098. [PMID: 38704949 DOI: 10.1016/j.currproblcancer.2024.101098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 10/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between clinical pathological characteristics, pretreatment CT radiomics, and major pathologic response (MPR) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy, and to establish a combined model to predict the major pathologic response of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. METHODS A retrospective study of 211 patients with NSCLC who underwent neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy and surgical treatment from January 2019 to April 2021 was conducted. The patients were divided into two groups: the MPR group and the non-MPR group. Pre-treatment CT images were segmented using ITK SNAP software to extract radiomics features using Python software. Then a radiomics model, a clinical model, and a combined model were constructed and validated using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Finally, Delong's test was used to compare the three models. RESULTS The radiomics model achieved an AUC of 0.70 (95 % CI: 0.62-0.78) in the training group and 0.60 (95 % CI: 0.45-0.76) in the validation group. RECIST assessment results were screened from all clinical characteristics as independent factors for MPR with multivariate logistic regression analysis. The AUC of the clinical model for predicting MPR was 0.66 (95 % CI: 0.59-0.73) in the training group and 0.77 (95 % CI: 0.66-0.87) in the validation group. The combined model with combined radiomics and clinicopathological characteristics achieved an AUC was 0.76 (95 % CI: 0.68-0.84) in the training group, and 0.80 (95 % CI: 0.67-0.92) in the validation group. Delong's test showed that the AUC of the combined model was significantly higher than that of the radiomics model alone in both the training group (P = 0.0067) and the validation group (P = 0.0009).The calibration curve showed good agreement between predicted and actual MPR. Clinical decision curve analysis showed that the combined model was superior to radiomics alone. CONCLUSIONS Radiomics model can predict MPR in NSCLC after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy with similar accuracy to RECIST assessment criteria. The combined model based on pretreatment CT radiomics and clinicopathological features showed better predictive power than independent radiomics model or independent clinicopathological features, suggesting that it may be more useful for guiding personalized neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy treatment strategies.
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- Fang Wang
- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
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Dacic S, Travis WD, Giltnane JM, Kos F, Abel J, Hilz S, Fujimoto J, Sholl L, Ritter J, Khalil F, Liu Y, Taylor-Weiner A, Resnick M, Yu H, Hirsch FR, Bunn PA, Carbone DP, Rusch V, Kwiatkowski DJ, Johnson BE, Lee JM, Hennek SR, Wapinski I, Nicholas A, Johnson A, Schulze K, Kris MG, Wistuba II. Artificial Intelligence-Powered Assessment of Pathologic Response to Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Patients With NSCLC: Results From the LCMC3 Study. J Thorac Oncol 2024; 19:719-731. [PMID: 38070597 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2023.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/31/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Pathologic response (PathR) by histopathologic assessment of resected specimens may be an early clinical end point associated with long-term outcomes with neoadjuvant therapy. Digital pathology may improve the efficiency and precision of PathR assessment. LCMC3 (NCT02927301) evaluated neoadjuvant atezolizumab in patients with resectable NSCLC and reported a 20% major PathR rate. METHODS We determined PathR in primary tumor resection specimens using guidelines-based visual techniques and developed a convolutional neural network model using the same criteria to digitally measure the percent viable tumor on whole-slide images. Concordance was evaluated between visual determination of percent viable tumor (n = 151) performed by one of the 47 local pathologists and three central pathologists. RESULTS For concordance among visual determination of percent viable tumor, the interclass correlation coefficient was 0.87 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.84-0.90). Agreement for visually assessed 10% or less viable tumor (major PathR [MPR]) in the primary tumor was 92.1% (Fleiss kappa = 0.83). Digitally assessed percent viable tumor (n = 136) correlated with visual assessment (Pearson r = 0.73; digital/visual slope = 0.28). Digitally assessed MPR predicted visually assessed MPR with outstanding discrimination (area under receiver operating characteristic curve, 0.98) and was associated with longer disease-free survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.30; 95% CI: 0.09-0.97, p = 0.033) and overall survival (HR = 0.14, 95% CI: 0.02-1.06, p = 0.027) versus no MPR. Digitally assessed PathR strongly correlated with visual measurements. CONCLUSIONS Artificial intelligence-powered digital pathology exhibits promise in assisting pathologic assessments in neoadjuvant NSCLC clinical trials. The development of artificial intelligence-powered approaches in clinical settings may aid pathologists in clinical operations, including routine PathR assessments, and subsequently support improved patient care and long-term outcomes.
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- Sanja Dacic
- Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Machine Learning, PathAI, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Machine Learning, PathAI, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
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- Research Pathology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pathology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Machine Learning, PathAI, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, PathAI, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University of Colorado/Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York
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- Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Medical Center and Pelotonia Institute for Immuno-Oncology, Columbus, Ohio
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- Thoracic Surgery Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Translational Research, PathAI, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Translational Research, PathAI, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
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- U.S. Medical Affairs, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- U.S. Medical Affairs, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Research Pathology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Cao J, Zhang C, Zhang X, Liu L, Li X, He J, Xu L, Fu X, Liu Y, Liu D, Hu J, Wang L. The Clinical Outcomes of Thoracoscopic Versus Open Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer After Neoadjuvant Therapy: A Multi-Center Retrospective Cohort Study. Clin Lung Cancer 2024; 25:e153-e160. [PMID: 38172025 DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2023.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
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BACKGROUND The safety and efficacy of video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) versus open lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following neoadjuvant therapy remained controversial. The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of VATS with those of open lobectomy for NSCLC after neoadjuvant therapy. METHODS Patients who had undergone VATS or open lobectomy for NSCLC following neoadjuvant therapy in nine hospitals in China from July 2014 to July 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. The clinical characteristics and overall survival (OS) of patients were analyzed using Cox regression models and propensity score matching. RESULTS We identified 685 patients, 436 (63.6%) who had undergone VATS lobectomy and 249 (36.4%) who had undergone open lobectomy. Patients who had undergone VATS lobectomy tended to have had fewer nodes removed than those who had undergone open lobectomy. However, compared with open group, the VATS group had a better perioperative outcome, such as smaller blood loss volumes and shorter postoperative stays. The groups had a similar operation durations and postoperative complications, and there was a nonsignificant difference between their 30-day mortality rates. After propensity score matching, there was no significant different between the OS of the groups, and only postoperative adjuvant therapy was associated with worse OS. CONCLUSION This multi-center analysis of patients with NSCLC who had undergone surgery subsequent to neoadjuvant therapy reveals that VATS lobectomy tended to have a better perioperative outcome, and have a similar OS compared to open lobectomy. These findings suggest that VATS lobectomy is appropriate for NSCLC following neoadjuvant therapy.
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- Jinlin Cao
- Department of Thoracic surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Thoracic surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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- Department of Thoracic surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Schuler M, Cuppens K, Plönes T, Wiesweg M, Du Pont B, Hegedus B, Köster J, Mairinger F, Darwiche K, Paschen A, Maes B, Vanbockrijck M, Lähnemann D, Zhao F, Hautzel H, Theegarten D, Hartemink K, Reis H, Baas P, Schramm A, Aigner C. Neoadjuvant nivolumab with or without relatlimab in resectable non-small-cell lung cancer: a randomized phase 2 trial. Nat Med 2024:10.1038/s41591-024-02965-0. [PMID: 38689060 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-02965-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
Abstract
Antibodies targeting the immune checkpoint molecules PD-1, PD-L1 and CTLA-4, administered alone or in combination with chemotherapy, are the standard of care in most patients with metastatic non-small-cell lung cancers. When given before curative surgery, tumor responses and improved event-free survival are achieved. New antibody combinations may be more efficacious and tolerable. In an ongoing, open-label phase 2 study, 60 biomarker-unselected, treatment-naive patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer were randomized to receive two preoperative doses of nivolumab (anti-PD-1) with or without relatlimab (anti-LAG-3) antibody therapy. The primary study endpoint was the feasibility of surgery within 43 days, which was met by all patients. Curative resection was achieved in 95% of patients. Secondary endpoints included pathological and radiographic response rates, pathologically complete resection rates, disease-free and overall survival rates, and safety. Major pathological (≤10% viable tumor cells) and objective radiographic responses were achieved in 27% and 10% (nivolumab) and in 30% and 27% (nivolumab and relatlimab) of patients, respectively. In 100% (nivolumab) and 90% (nivolumab and relatlimab) of patients, tumors and lymph nodes were pathologically completely resected. With 12 months median duration of follow-up, disease-free survival and overall survival rates at 12 months were 89% and 93% (nivolumab), and 93% and 100% (nivolumab and relatlimab). Both treatments were safe with grade ≥3 treatment-emergent adverse events reported in 10% and 13% of patients per study arm. Exploratory analyses provided insights into biological processes triggered by preoperative immunotherapy. This study establishes the feasibility and safety of dual targeting of PD-1 and LAG-3 before lung cancer surgery.ClinicalTrials.gov Indentifier: NCT04205552 .
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- Martin Schuler
- West German Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) West, Essen, Germany.
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- Department of Pulmonology and Thoracic Oncology, and Jessa and Science, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium.
- Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences LCRC, UHasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Medicine Essen - Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany
- University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- West German Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) West, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Medicine Essen - Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) West, Essen, Germany
- Bioinformatics and Computational Oncology, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) West, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Medicine Essen - Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Laboratory Medicine Department, Laboratory for Molecular Diagnostics, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
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- West German Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Bioinformatics and Computational Oncology, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) West, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- University Hospital Frankfurt, Dr Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- West German Cancer Center, Department of Medical Oncology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Medical Faculty, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- West German Cancer Center, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Medicine Essen - Ruhrlandklinik, Essen, Germany
- General Hospital Vienna, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Waser NA, Quintana M, Schweikert B, Chaft JE, Berry L, Adam A, Vo L, Penrod JR, Fiore J, Berry DA, Goring S. Pathological response in resectable non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. JNCI Cancer Spectr 2024; 8:pkae021. [PMID: 38521542 PMCID: PMC11101053 DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkae021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Revised: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Surrogate endpoints for overall survival in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer receiving neoadjuvant therapy are needed to provide earlier treatment outcome indicators and accelerate drug approval. This study's main objectives were to investigate the association among pathological complete response, major pathological response, event-free survival and overall survival and to determine whether treatment effects on pathological complete response and event-free survival correlate with treatment effects on overall survival. METHODS A comprehensive systematic literature review was conducted to identify neoadjuvant studies in resectable non-small cell lung cancer. Analysis at the patient level using frequentist and Bayesian random effects (hazard ratio [HR] for overall survival or event-free survival by pathological complete response or major pathological response status, yes vs no) and at the trial level using weighted least squares regressions (hazard ratio for overall survival or event-free survival vs pathological complete response, by treatment arm) were performed. RESULTS In both meta-analyses, pathological complete response yielded favorable overall survival compared with no pathological complete response (frequentist, 20 studies and 6530 patients: HR = 0.49, 95% confidence interval = 0.42 to 0.57; Bayesian, 19 studies and 5988 patients: HR = 0.48, 95% probability interval = 0.43 to 0.55) and similarly for major pathological response (frequentist, 12 studies and 1193 patients: HR = 0.36, 95% confidence interval = 0.29 to 0.44; Bayesian, 11 studies and 1018 patients: HR = 0.33, 95% probability interval = 0.26 to 0.42). Across subgroups, estimates consistently showed better overall survival or event-free survival in pathological complete response or major pathological response compared with no pathological complete response or no major pathological response. Trial-level analyses showed a moderate to strong correlation between event-free survival and overall survival hazard ratios (R2 = 0.7159) but did not show a correlation between treatment effects on pathological complete response and overall survival or event-free survival. CONCLUSION There was a strong and consistent association between pathological response and survival and a moderate to strong correlation between event-free survival and overall survival following neoadjuvant therapy for patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer.
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Insights, Evidence and Value, ICON plc, Burlington, ON, Canada
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- Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
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- Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
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- Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Bristol Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
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- Insights, Evidence and Value, ICON plc, Burlington, ON, Canada
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Wang Y, Song Y, Wang R, Wu Y, Li M, Xu K, He R, Wang Z, Li Q, Kong FM(S, Wang T. Clinical factors and major pathological response after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in potentially resectable lung squamous cell carcinoma. Front Oncol 2024; 14:1265228. [PMID: 38680859 PMCID: PMC11045983 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1265228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024] Open
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Objective Major pathological response (MPR) helps evaluate the prognosis of patients with lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). However, the clinical factors that affect the achievement of MPR after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy (NCIO) in patients with LUSC remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the clinical factors affecting the MPR after NCIO in patients with potentially resectable LUSC. Methods This retrospective study included patients with stage IIB-IIIC LUSC who underwent surgical resection after receiving NCIO at a center between March 2020 and November 2022. In addition to the postoperative pathological remission rate, sex, age, body mass index (BMI), smoking history, TNM stage, hematological and imaging test results, and other indicators were examined before NCIO. According to the pathological response rate of the surgically removed tumor tissue, the patients were split into MPR and non-MPR groups. Results In total, 91 LUSC patients who met the study's eligibility criteria were enrolled: 32 (35%) patients in the non-MPR group and 59 (65%) in the MPR group, which included 43 cases of pathological complete remission (pCR). Pre-treatment lymphocyte level (LY) (odds ratio [OR] =5.997), tumor burden (OR=0.958), N classification (OR=15.915), radiographic response (OR=11.590), pulmonary atelectasis (OR=5.413), and PD-L1 expression (OR=1.028) were independently associated with MPR (all P < 0.05). Based on these six independent predictors, we developed a nomogram model of prediction having an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.914 that is simple to apply clinically to predict the MPR. The MPR group showed greater disease-free survival (DFS) than the non-MPR group, according to the survival analysis (P < 0.001). Conclusion The MPR rate of NCIO for potentially resectable LUSC was 65%. LY, tumor burden, N classification, radiographic response, pulmonary atelectasis, and PD-L1 expression in patients with LUSC before NCIO were the independent and ideal predictors of MPR. The developed nomogram demonstrated a good degree of accuracy and resilience in predicting the MPR following NCIO, indicating that it is a useful tool for assuring customized therapy for patients with possibly resectable LUSC.
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- Ye Wang
- Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
- School of Graduate, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
- School of Graduate, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital & Institute, Cancer Hospital of Dalian University of Technology, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
- Faculty of Medicine, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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Berezowska S, Keyter M, Bouchaab H, Weissferdt A. Pathology of Surgically Resected Lung Cancers Following Neoadjuvant Therapy. Adv Anat Pathol 2024:00125480-990000000-00100. [PMID: 38595110 DOI: 10.1097/pap.0000000000000441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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In around 30% of patients, non-small cell lung cancer is diagnosed at an advanced but resectable stage. Adding systemic therapy has shown clear benefit over surgery alone in locally advanced disease, and currently, chemo-immunotherapy in the adjuvant or neoadjuvant setting is the new standard for patients without targetable mutations. One major advantage of the neoadjuvant approach is the possibility of an immediate evaluation of the treatment effect, highlighting the role of pathology as an important contributor at the forefront of clinical decision-making and research. This review provides a summary and an update on current guidelines for histological evaluation of treatment effect after neoadjuvant therapy, also known as regression grading, and discusses newer data focusing on areas of evolving questions and controversies, such as the gross examination of the tumor and tumor bed, weighted versus unweighted evaluation approaches, discussion of histologic tumor type-specific cut-offs for major pathologic response, assessment of lymph nodes and regression grading after immunotherapy and targeted therapy. As no data or recommendations exist on regression grading of multiple tumor nodules, a practical approach is recommended. Lastly, we will touch on additional tissue biomarkers and summarize recent advances in the ardently discussed field of using circulating tumor DNA for the evaluation of treatment response.
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- Sabina Berezowska
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Pathology
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Pathology
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- Department of Oncology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
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Han X, Wang M, Zheng Y, Wang N, Wu Y, Ding C, Jia X, Yang R, Geng M, Chen Z, Zhang S, Zhang K, Li Y, Liu J, Gu J, Liao Y, Fan J, Shi H. Delta-radiomics features for predicting the major pathological response to neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Eur Radiol 2024; 34:2716-2726. [PMID: 37736804 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-10241-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate if delta-radiomics features have the potential to predict the major pathological response (MPR) to neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. METHODS Two hundred six stage IIA-IIIB NSCLC patients from three institutions (Database1 = 164; Database2 = 21; Database3 = 21) who received neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy and surgery were included. Patients in Database1 were randomly assigned to the training dataset and test dataset, with a ratio of 0.7:0.3. Patients in Database2 and Database3 were used as two independent external validation datasets. Contrast-enhanced CT scans were obtained at baseline and before surgery. The delta-radiomics features were defined as the relative net change of radiomics features between baseline and preoperative. The delta-radiomics model and pre-treatment radiomics model were established. The performance of Immune-Related Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (iRECIST) for predicting MPR was also evaluated. RESULTS Half of the patients (106/206, 51.5%) showed MPR after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. For predicting MPR, the delta-radiomics model achieved a satisfying area under the curves (AUCs) values of 0.768, 0.732, 0.833, and 0.716 in the training, test, and two external validation databases, respectively, which showed a superior predictive performance than the pre-treatment radiomics model (0.644, 0.616, 0.475, and 0.608). Compared with iRECIST criteria (0.624, 0.572, 0.650, and 0.466), a mixed model that combines delta-radiomics features and iRECIST had higher AUC values for MPR prediction of 0.777, 0.761, 0.850, and 0.670 in four sets. CONCLUSION The delta-radiomics model demonstrated superior diagnostic performance compared to pre-treatment radiomics model and iRECIST criteria in predicting MPR preoperatively in neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for stage II-III NSCLC. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT Delta-radiomics features based on the relative net change of radiomics features between baseline and preoperative CT scans serve a vital support tool in accurately identifying responses to neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy, which can help physicians make more appropriate treatment decisions. KEY POINTS • The performances of pre-treatment radiomics model and iRECIST model in predicting major pathological response of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy were unsatisfactory. • The delta-radiomics features based on relative net change of radiomics features between baseline and preoperative CT scans may be used as a noninvasive biomarker for predicting major pathological response of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. • Combining delta-radiomics features and iRECIST can further improve the predictive performance of responses to neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy.
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- Xiaoyu Han
- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Henan Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- ShuKun (BeiJing) Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Anyang Tumor Hospital, The Affiliated Anyang Tumor Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Anyang, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Anyang Tumor Hospital, The Affiliated Anyang Tumor Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Anyang, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yichang Central People's Hospital, Yichang, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yichang Central People's Hospital, Yichang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China.
- Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, The People's Republic of China.
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Hu M, Li X, Lin H, Lu B, Wang Q, Tong L, Li H, Che N, Hung S, Han Y, Shi K, Li C, Zhang H, Liu Z, Zhang T. Easily applicable predictive score for MPR based on parameters before neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in operable NSCLC: a single-center, ambispective, observational study. Int J Surg 2024; 110:2275-2287. [PMID: 38265431 PMCID: PMC11020048 DOI: 10.1097/js9.0000000000001050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy (NACI) is promising for resectable nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but predictive biomarkers are still lacking. The authors aimed to develop a model based on pretreatment parameters to predict major pathological response (MPR) for such an approach. METHODS The authors enrolled operable NSCLC treated with NACI between March 2020 and May 2023 and then collected baseline clinical-pathology data and routine laboratory examinations before treatment. The efficacy and safety data of this cohort was reported and variables were screened by Logistic and Lasso regression and nomogram was developed. In addition, receiver operating characteristic curves, calibration curves, and decision curve analysis were used to assess its power. Finally, internal cross-validation and external validation was performed to assess the power of the model. RESULTS In total, 206 eligible patients were recruited in this study and 53.4% (110/206) patients achieved MPR. Using multivariate analysis, the predictive model was constructed by seven variables, prothrombin time (PT), neutrophil percentage (NEUT%), large platelet ratio (P-LCR), eosinophil percentage (EOS%), smoking, pathological type, and programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) expression finally. The model had good discrimination, with area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.775, 0.746, and 0.835 for all datasets, cross-validation, and external validation, respectively. The calibration curves showed good consistency, and decision curve analysis indicated its potential value in clinical practice. CONCLUSION This real world study revealed favorable efficacy in operable NSCLC treated with NACI. The proposed model based on multiple clinically accessible parameters could effectively predict MPR probability and could be a powerful tool in personalized medication.
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- Department of Oncology, Beijing Institute of Tuberculosis and Chest Tumor, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University
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Sun W, Liu X, Wang C, Jiang Y, Lin D. Comparison of different criteria for estimating major pathological response in resectable non-small cell lung cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. Ann Diagn Pathol 2024; 69:152268. [PMID: 38301396 DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2024.152268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
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BACKGROUND Major pathological response (MPR) is proposed as a surrogate endpoint for survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. However, the criteria for estimating MPR differ between the recommendations of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and the immune-related pathologic response criterion (irPRC). IASLC's criteria focus solely on evaluating the primary tumor, while irPRC's criteria encompass both the primary tumor and lymph node metastasis. Our objective is to compare the prognostic value of different criteria for estimating MPR. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study on a cohort of 235 patients with NSCLC after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. The survival endpoint was event-free survival (EFS). The MPR status of each patient was evaluated using both IASLC's criteria and irPRC's criteria. The prognostic value was compared using the Area Under Curve (AUC). RESULTS The MPR rates were 63.4 % (149/235) and 57.4 % (135/235) according to IASLC's and irPRC's criteria, respectively. Inconsistent cases, characterized by MPR status according to IASLC's criteria but non-MPR status according to irPRC's criteria, constituted 6.0 % (14/235) of the overall cohort and 15.2 % (14/92) of patients with pretreatment N positive disease. Interestingly, all inconsistent patients showed no recurrence during the study period. Although both MPR statuses according to IASLC (p = 0.00039) and irPRC (p = 0.0094) were associated with improved EFS, IASLC's criteria (AUC = 0.65) were superior to irPRC's criteria (AUC = 0.62) with a higher AUC value. CONCLUSION IASLC's criteria for estimating MPR were superior to irPRC's criteria in predicting EFS for NSCLC after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy.
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- Wei Sun
- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Beijing, China.
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Verma S, Breadner D, Mittal A, Palma DA, Nayak R, Raphael J, Vincent M. An Updated Review of Management of Resectable Stage III NSCLC in the Era of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:1302. [PMID: 38610980 PMCID: PMC11010993 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16071302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have an established role in the treatment of locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ICIs have now entered the paradigm of early-stage NSCLC. The recent evidence shows that the addition of ICI to neoadjuvant chemotherapy improves the pathological complete response (pCR) rate and survival rate in early-stage resectable NSCLC and is now a standard of care option in this setting. In this regard, stage III NSCLC merits special consideration, as it is heterogenous and requires a multidisciplinary approach to management. As the neoadjuvant approach is being adopted widely, new challenges have emerged and the boundaries for resectability are being re-examined. Consequently, it is ever more important to carefully individualize the treatment strategy for each patient with resectable stage III NSCLC. In this review, we discuss the recent literature in this field with particular focus on evolving definitions of resectability, T4 disease, N2 disease (single and multi-station), and nodal downstaging. We also highlight the controversy around adjuvant treatment in this setting and discuss the selection of patients for adjuvant treatment, options of salvage, and next line treatment in cases of progression on/after neoadjuvant treatment or after R2 resection. We will conclude with a brief discussion of predictive biomarkers, predictive models, ongoing studies, and directions for future research in this space.
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- Saurav Verma
- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada; (S.V.); (D.B.); (J.R.)
- London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada; (D.A.P.); (R.N.)
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada; (S.V.); (D.B.); (J.R.)
- London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada; (D.A.P.); (R.N.)
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Northeast Cancer Centre, Ramsey Lake Health Centre, Sudbury, ON P3E 5J1, Canada;
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- London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada; (D.A.P.); (R.N.)
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada; (D.A.P.); (R.N.)
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada; (S.V.); (D.B.); (J.R.)
- London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada; (D.A.P.); (R.N.)
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada; (S.V.); (D.B.); (J.R.)
- London Regional Cancer Program, London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON N6A 5W9, Canada; (D.A.P.); (R.N.)
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Ospina AV, Bolufer Nadal S, Campo-Cañaveral de la Cruz JL, González Larriba JL, Macía Vidueira I, Massutí Sureda B, Nadal E, Trancho FH, Álvarez Kindelán A, Del Barco Morillo E, Bernabé Caro R, Bosch Barrera J, Calvo de Juan V, Casal Rubio J, de Castro J, Cilleruelo Ramos Á, Cobo Dols M, Dómine Gómez M, Figueroa Almánzar S, Garcia Campelo R, Insa Mollá A, Jarabo Sarceda JR, Jiménez Maestre U, López Castro R, Majem M, Martinez-Marti A, Martínez Téllez E, Sánchez Lorente D, Provencio M. Multidisciplinary approach for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): 2023 expert consensus of the Spanish Lung Cancer Group GECP. Clin Transl Oncol 2024:10.1007/s12094-024-03382-y. [PMID: 38530556 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-024-03382-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Recent advances in the treatment of locally advanced NSCLC have led to changes in the standard of care for this disease. For the selection of the best approach strategy for each patient, it is necessary the homogenization of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, as well as the promotion of the evaluation of patients by a multidisciplinary oncology team. OBJECTIVE Development of an expert consensus document with suggestions for the approach and treatment of locally advanced NSCLC leaded by Spanish Lung Cancer Group GECP. METHODS Between March and July 2023, a panel of 28 experts was formed. Using a mixed technique (Delphi/nominal group) under the guidance of a coordinating group, consensus was reached in 4 phases: 1. Literature review and definition of discussion topics 2. First round of voting 3. Communicating the results and second round of voting 4. Definition of conclusions in nominal group meeting. Responses were consolidated using medians and interquartile ranges. The threshold for agreement was defined as 85% of the votes. RESULTS New and controversial situations regarding the diagnosis and management of locally advanced NSCLC were analyzed and reconciled based on evidence and clinical experience. Discussion issues included: molecular diagnosis and biomarkers, radiologic and surgical diagnosis, mediastinal staging, role of the multidisciplinary thoracic committee, neoadjuvant treatment indications, evaluation of response to neoadjuvant treatment, postoperative evaluation, and follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Consensus clinical suggestions were generated on the most relevant scenarios such as diagnosis, staging and treatment of locally advanced lung cancer, which will serve to support decision-making in daily practice.
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- Aylen Vanessa Ospina
- Head of the Oncology Department at the Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro. Full Professor of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Manuel de Falla, 1 Majadahonda, 28222, Madrid, Spain.
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- Head of the Oncology Department at the Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro. Full Professor of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Manuel de Falla, 1 Majadahonda, 28222, Madrid, Spain.
- Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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Huang D, Lin C, Jiang Y, Xin E, Xu F, Gan Y, Xu R, Wang F, Zhang H, Lou K, Shi L, Hu H. Radiomics model based on intratumoral and peritumoral features for predicting major pathological response in non-small cell lung cancer receiving neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy. Front Oncol 2024; 14:1348678. [PMID: 38585004 PMCID: PMC10996281 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1348678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Objective To establish a radiomics model based on intratumoral and peritumoral features extracted from pre-treatment CT to predict the major pathological response (MPR) in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy. Methods A total of 148 NSCLC patients who underwent neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy from two centers (SRRSH and ZCH) were retrospectively included. The SRRSH dataset (n=105) was used as the training and internal validation cohort. Radiomics features of intratumoral (T) and peritumoral regions (P1 = 0-5mm, P2 = 5-10mm, and P3 = 10-15mm) were extracted from pre-treatment CT. Intra- and inter- class correlation coefficients and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator were used to feature selection. Four single ROI models mentioned above and a combined radiomics (CR: T+P1+P2+P3) model were established by using machine learning algorithms. Clinical factors were selected to construct the combined radiomics-clinical (CRC) model, which was validated in the external center ZCH (n=43). The performance of the models was assessed by DeLong test, calibration curve and decision curve analysis. Results Histopathological type was the only independent clinical risk factor. The model CR with eight selected radiomics features demonstrated a good predictive performance in the internal validation (AUC=0.810) and significantly improved than the model T (AUC=0.810 vs 0.619, p<0.05). The model CRC yielded the best predictive capability (AUC=0.814) and obtained satisfactory performance in the independent external test set (AUC=0.768, 95% CI: 0.62-0.91). Conclusion We established a CRC model that incorporates intratumoral and peritumoral features and histopathological type, providing an effective approach for selecting NSCLC patients suitable for neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy.
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- Dingpin Huang
- Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Medical Imaging International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Research and Development, Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Pathology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- DUT-RU International School of Information Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China
- DUT-RU Co-Research Center of Advanced Information Computing Technology (ICT) for Active Life, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
- Medical Imaging International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Zhejiang Province, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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Elicora A, Yaprak Bayrak B, Vural C, Sezer HF, Uzun Erkal S, Metin E. Prognostic significance of T lymphocyte subgroups (CD4 and CD8) in lung cancer patients after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. J Cardiothorac Surg 2024; 19:113. [PMID: 38468248 PMCID: PMC10926577 DOI: 10.1186/s13019-024-02596-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE The basis for current and future lung cancer immunotherapy depends on our knowledge of molecular mechanisms of interactions between tumor and immune system cells. Interactions that occur between different intratumoral populations of the same cells are important. In our study, we aimed to evaluate relationship between the clinical and prognostic features and T lymphocyte subgroups of patients with lung tumors after neoadjuvant treatment. METHODS A total of 72 patients were included in our study, including study group, 39 of whom received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Clinical/radiological/pathological findings of patients and CD4/CD8 staining rates in peritumoral/intratumoral areas were recorded. RESULTS Our study revealed significantly lower intratumoral CD4 + T cell density and lower intratumoral CD4/CD8 ratio in primary tumor after neoadjuvant therapy (respectively, 0.012 and 0.016). Considering tumor types, when control-study groups were compared, inflammation was statistically significant only in adenocarcinoma subtype; intratumoral CD4/CD8 ratio was statistically significant only in squamous-cell carcinoma subtype (respectively, p = 0.0008 and p = 0.0139). When CD4 + T lymphocytes and CD8 + T lymphocytes and CD4/CD8 ratio were compared between control and study groups in low-stage patients according to clinical stages, only intratumoral CD4 + T lymphocyte values and intratumoral CD4/CD8 ratio were significant (respectively, p = 0.0291 ve p = 0.0154). CONCLUSION All cell types of innate and adaptive intratumoral immunity can affect lung cancer tissues simultaneously, and these interactions have a very complex structure. Understanding the tumor microenvironment and the different roles of associated cancer immune cells may lead to the discovery of new targets for immunological therapies and increased survival times in lung cancer.
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- Aykut Elicora
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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- Department of Pathology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
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Hines JB, Cameron RB, Esposito A, Kim L, Porcu L, Nuccio A, Viscardi G, Ferrara R, Veronesi G, Forde PM, Taube J, Vokes E, Bestvina CM, Dolezal JM, Sacco M, Monteforte M, Cascone T, Garassino MC, Torri V. Evaluation of Major Pathologic Response and Pathologic Complete Response as Surrogate End Points for Survival in Randomized Controlled Trials of Neoadjuvant Immune Checkpoint Blockade in Resectable in NSCLC. J Thorac Oncol 2024:S1556-0864(24)00117-5. [PMID: 38461929 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2024.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Controversy remains as to whether pathologic complete response (pCR) and major pathologic response (MPR) represent surrogate end points for event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) in neoadjuvant trials for resectable NSCLC. METHODS A search of PubMed and archives of international conference abstracts was performed from June 2017 through October 31, 2023. Studies incorporating a neoadjuvant arm with immune checkpoint blockade alone or in combination with chemotherapy were included. Those not providing information regarding pCR, MPR, EFS, or OS were excluded. For trial-level surrogacy, log ORs for pCR and MPR and log hazard ratios for EFS and OS were analyzed using a linear regression model weighted by sample size. The regression coefficient and R2 with 95% confidence interval were calculated by the bootstrapping approach. RESULTS Seven randomized clinical trials were identified for a total of 2385 patients. At the patient level, the R2 of pCR and MPR with 2-year EFS were 0.82 (0.66-0.94) and 0.81 (0.63-0.93), respectively. The OR of 2-year EFS rates by response status was 0.12 (0.07-0.19) and 0.11 (0.05-0.22), respectively. For the 2-year OS, the R2 of pCR and MPR were 0.55 (0.09-0.98) and 0.52 (0.10-0.96), respectively. At the trial level, the R2 for the association of OR for response and HR for EFS was 0.58 (0.00-0.97) and 0.61 (0.00-0.97), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Our analyses reveal a robust correlation between pCR and MPR with 2-year EFS but not OS. Trial-level surrogacy was moderate but imprecise. More mature follow-up and data to assess the impact of study crossover are needed.
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- Jacobi B Hines
- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Ascension Saint Francis Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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- Cancer Research United Kingdom, Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pneumology and Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale (AORN) Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- School of Medicine and Surgery, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS) San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Upper Aerodigestive Malignancies, Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas, Monroe Dunaway (MD) Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, "Mario Negri" Institute for Pharmacological Research- IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Nemoto Y, Kuroda K, Oyama R, Mori M, Shimajiri S, Tanaka F. Case report: Pathological complete response of pregnancy associated pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma to chemoradiotherapy. Front Oncol 2024; 14:1290757. [PMID: 38463225 PMCID: PMC10924307 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1290757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Pulmonary enteric adenocarcinoma (PEAC) is a rare lung adenocarcinoma with morphological features similar to those of primary and metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma. To date, only a few studies have reported the therapeutic effects of chemoradiotherapy on PEAC. This report describes the case of a 28-year-old woman with pregnancy-related PEAC who presented with left shoulder pain. A superior sulcus tumor was identified in the left thoracic cavity, and the biopsy indicated more than 50% intestinal differentiation components. Moreover, immunohistochemical staining revealed positive CDX2 and CK7 expression. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography, upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, and small intestinal capsule endoscopy revealed no gastrointestinal malignancies. The patient was diagnosed with locally advanced PEAC (clinical stage T4N0M0; stage IIIA). Therefore, the patient was treated with preoperative chemoradiotherapy and underwent gross total resection during surgery. Pathological evaluation of the specimen revealed no residual tumor, indicating that the chemoradiotherapy for PEAC was highly effective. One subsequent brain metastasis was also resected, and the patient has not experienced recurrence in 28 months since this resection and continues to be monitored regularly. This is the first pathologically confirmed report of the use of chemoradiotherapy (carboplatin [CBDCA] and paclitaxel [PTX]) for PEAC and its clinical efficacy. Unlike previous reports, the efficacy of this treatment is attributed to the use of PTX in preoperative chemotherapy and the p21- status of the patient, which may have increased sensitivity to chemoradiation therapy. Therefore, chemoradiotherapy (CBDCA + PTX) may be a viable treatment option for advanced intestinal lung adenocarcinoma.
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- Yukiko Nemoto
- Second Department of Surgery (Chest Surgery), School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery (Chest Surgery), School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery (Chest Surgery), School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery (Chest Surgery), School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Second Department of Surgery (Chest Surgery), School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
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Yang Z, Wang S, Yang H, Jiang Y, Zhu L, Zheng B, Fu H, Ma J, Xie H, Wang Z, He H, Xia C, Li R, Xu J, Han J, Huang X, Li Y, Zhao B, Ni C, Xing H, Chen Y, Wang J, Jiang Y, Song Y, Mao Y, Chen C, Yao F, Zhang G, Hu J, Xue Q, Gao S, He J. Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes of patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer receiving neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy: A large-scale, multicenter, real-world study (NeoR-World). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024:S0022-5223(24)00111-9. [PMID: 38342430 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/13/2024]
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant immunotherapy has ushered in a new era of perioperative treatment for resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, large-scale data for verifying the efficacy and optimizing the therapeutic strategies of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in routine clinical practice are scarce. METHODS NeoR-World (NCT05974007) was a multicenter, retrospective cohort study involving patients who received neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemotherapy or chemotherapy alone in routine clinical practice from 11 medical centers in China between January 2010 and March 2022. Propensity score matching was performed to address indication bias. RESULTS A total of 408 patients receiving neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy and 684 patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy were included. The pathologic complete response (pCR) and major pathologic response (MPR) rates of the real-world neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy cohort were 32.8% and 58.1%, respectively. Notably, patients with squamous cell carcinoma exhibited significantly higher pCR and MPR rates than those with adenocarcinoma (pCR, 39.2% vs 16.5% [P < .001]; MPR, 66.6% vs 36.5% [P < .001]), whereas pCR and MPR rates were comparable among patients receiving different neoadjuvant cycles. In addition, the 2-year rates of disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rate were 82.0% and 93.1%, respectively. Multivariate analyses identified adjuvant therapy as an independent prognostic factor for DFS (hazard ratio [HR], 0.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.29-0.89; P = .018) and OS (HR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.13-0.58; P < .001). A significantly longer DFS with adjuvant therapy was observed in patients with non-pCR or 2 neoadjuvant cycles. We observed significant benefits in pCR rate (32.4% vs 6.4%; P < .001), DFS (HR, 0.50; 95% CI, 0.38-0.68; P < .001) and OS (HR, 0.61; 95% CI, 0.40-0.94; P = .024) with immunotherapy plus chemotherapy compared to chemotherapy alone both in the primary propensity-matched cohort and across most key subgroups. CONCLUSIONS The study validates the superior efficacy of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy over chemotherapy alone for NSCLC. Adjuvant therapy could prolong DFS in patients receiving neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy, and patients with non-pCR or those who underwent 2 neoadjuvant cycles were identified as potential beneficiaries of adjuvant therapy.
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- Zhenlin Yang
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jining First People's Hospital, Jining, Shandong, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Affiliated People's Hospital of Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China; Key Laboratory of Clinical Evaluation Technology for Medical Device of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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Wang S, Sun X, Dong J, Liu L, Zhao H, Li R, Yang Z, Cheng N, Wang Y, Fu L, Yi H, Lv Z, Huo H, Jin D, Mao Y, Yang L. Pathological response and tumor stroma immunogenic features predict long-term survival in non-small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2024:10.1007/s13402-023-00914-6. [PMID: 38319500 DOI: 10.1007/s13402-023-00914-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Major pathological response (MPR) has become a surrogate endpoint for overall survival (OS) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after neoadjuvant therapy, however, the prognostic histologic features and optimal N descriptor after neoadjuvant therapy are poorly defined. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed data from 368 NSCLC patients who underwent surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) from January 2010 to December 2020. The percentage of residual viable tumors in the primary tumor, lymph nodes (LN), and inflammation components within the tumor stroma were comprehensively reviewed. The primary endpoint was OS. RESULTS Of the 368 enrolled patients, 12.0% (44/368) achieved MPR in the primary tumor, which was associated with significantly better OS (HR, 0.36 0.17-0.77, p = 0.008) and DFS (HR = 0.59, 0.36-0.92, p = 0.038). In patients who did not have an MPR, we identified an immune-activated phenotype in primary tumors, characterized by intense tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte or multinucleated giant cell infiltration, that was associated with similar OS and DFS as patients who had MPR. Neoadjuvant pathologic grade (NPG), consisting of MPR and immune-activated phenotype, identified 30.7% (113/368) patients that derived significant OS (HR 0.28, 0.17-0.46, p < 0.001) and DFS (HR 0.44, 0.31-0.61, p < 0.001) benefit from NAC. Moreover, the combination of NPG and the number of positive LN stations (nS) in the multivariate analysis had a higher C-index (0.711 vs. 0.663, p < 0.001) than the ypTNM Stage when examining OS. CONCLUSION NPG integrated with nS can provide a simple, practical, and robust approach that may allow for better stratification of patients when evaluating neoadjuvant chemotherapy in clinical practice.
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- Shuaibo Wang
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Surgery Centre of Diabetes Mellitus, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100036, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China.
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- Department of Pathology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100021, China.
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Hofman P, Berezowska S, Kazdal D, Mograbi B, Ilié M, Stenzinger A, Hofman V. Current challenges and practical aspects of molecular pathology for non-small cell lung cancers. Virchows Arch 2024; 484:233-246. [PMID: 37801103 PMCID: PMC10948551 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-023-03651-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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The continuing evolution of treatment options in thoracic oncology requires the pathologist to regularly update diagnostic algorithms for management of tumor samples. It is essential to decide on the best way to use tissue biopsies, cytological samples, as well as liquid biopsies to identify the different mandatory predictive biomarkers of lung cancers in a short turnaround time. However, biological resources and laboratory member workforce are limited and may be not sufficient for the increased complexity of molecular pathological analyses and for complementary translational research development. In this context, the surgical pathologist is the only one who makes the decisions whether or not to send specimens to immunohistochemical and molecular pathology platforms. Moreover, the pathologist can rapidly contact the oncologist to obtain a new tissue biopsy and/or a liquid biopsy if he/she considers that the biological material is not sufficient in quantity or quality for assessment of predictive biomarkers. Inadequate control of algorithms and sampling workflow may lead to false negative, inconclusive, and incomplete findings, resulting in inappropriate choice of therapeutic strategy and potentially poor outcome for patients. International guidelines for lung cancer treatment are based on the results of the expression of different proteins and on genomic alterations. These guidelines have been established taking into consideration the best practices to be set up in clinical and molecular pathology laboratories. This review addresses the current predictive biomarkers and algorithms for use in thoracic oncology molecular pathology as well as the central role of the pathologist, notably in the molecular tumor board and her/his participation in the treatment decision-making. The perspectives in this setting will be discussed.
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- Paul Hofman
- Côte d'Azur University, FHU OncoAge, IHU RespirERA, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, BB-0033-00025, Louis Pasteur Hospital, 30 avenue de la voie romaine, BP69, 06001, Nice cedex 01, France.
- Côte d'Azur University, IRCAN, Inserm, CNRS 7284, U1081, Nice, France.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Institute of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
- Centers for Personalized Medicine (ZPM), Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Côte d'Azur University, FHU OncoAge, IHU RespirERA, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, BB-0033-00025, Louis Pasteur Hospital, 30 avenue de la voie romaine, BP69, 06001, Nice cedex 01, France
- Côte d'Azur University, IRCAN, Inserm, CNRS 7284, U1081, Nice, France
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- Côte d'Azur University, FHU OncoAge, IHU RespirERA, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, BB-0033-00025, Louis Pasteur Hospital, 30 avenue de la voie romaine, BP69, 06001, Nice cedex 01, France
- Côte d'Azur University, IRCAN, Inserm, CNRS 7284, U1081, Nice, France
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- Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany
- Centers for Personalized Medicine (ZPM), Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Côte d'Azur University, FHU OncoAge, IHU RespirERA, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, BB-0033-00025, Louis Pasteur Hospital, 30 avenue de la voie romaine, BP69, 06001, Nice cedex 01, France
- Côte d'Azur University, IRCAN, Inserm, CNRS 7284, U1081, Nice, France
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Verschoor YL, van de Haar J, van den Berg JG, van Sandick JW, Kodach LL, van Dieren JM, Balduzzi S, Grootscholten C, IJsselsteijn ME, Veenhof AAFA, Hartemink KJ, Vollebergh MA, Jurdi A, Sharma S, Spickard E, Owers EC, Bartels-Rutten A, den Hartog P, de Miranda NFCC, van Leerdam ME, Haanen JBAG, Schumacher TN, Voest EE, Chalabi M. Neoadjuvant atezolizumab plus chemotherapy in gastric and gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma: the phase 2 PANDA trial. Nat Med 2024; 30:519-530. [PMID: 38191613 PMCID: PMC10878980 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02758-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Abstract
Gastric and gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancers carry a poor prognosis, and despite recent advancements, most patients die of their disease. Although immune checkpoint blockade became part of the standard-of-care for patients with metastatic G/GEJ cancers, its efficacy and impact on the tumor microenvironment (TME) in early disease remain largely unknown. We hypothesized higher efficacy of neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemotherapy in patients with nonmetastatic G/GEJ cancer. In the phase 2 PANDA trial, patients with previously untreated resectable G/GEJ tumors (n = 21) received neoadjuvant treatment with one cycle of atezolizumab monotherapy followed by four cycles of atezolizumab plus docetaxel, oxaliplatin and capecitabine. Treatment was well tolerated. There were grade 3 immune-related adverse events in two of 20 patients (10%) but no grade 4 or 5 immune-related adverse events, and all patients underwent resection without treatment-related delays, meeting the primary endpoint of safety and feasibility. Tissue was obtained at multiple time points, allowing analysis of the effects of single-agent anti-programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and the subsequent combination with chemotherapy on the TME. Twenty of 21 patients underwent surgery and were evaluable for secondary pathologic response and survival endpoints, and 19 were evaluable for exploratory translational analyses. A major pathologic response (≤10% residual viable tumor) was observed in 14 of 20 (70%, 95% confidence interval 46-88%) patients, including 9 (45%, 95% confidence interval 23-68%) pathologic complete responses. At a median follow-up of 47 months, 13 of 14 responders were alive and disease-free, and five of six nonresponders had died as a result of recurrence. Notably, baseline anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)+CD8+ T cell infiltration was significantly higher in responders versus nonresponders, and comparison of TME alterations following anti-PD-L1 monotherapy versus the subsequent combination with chemotherapy showed an increased immune activation on single-agent PD-1/L1 axis blockade. On the basis of these data, monotherapy anti-PD-L1 before its combination with chemotherapy warrants further exploration and validation in a larger cohort of patients with nonmetastatic G/GEJ cancer. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT03448835 .
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- Yara L Verschoor
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Biometrics department, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Oncology Service, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Department of Medical Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Pratt CG, Van Haren RM. Three Tenets of Surgeon Quality: Medically Fit Patient, Surgically Resectable Tumor, and Oncologic Benefit from Resection. Ann Surg Oncol 2024; 31:691-693. [PMID: 37952019 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-14606-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
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- Catherine G Pratt
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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Aigner C, Batirel H, Huber RM, Jones DR, Sihoe ADL, Štupnik T, Brunelli A. Resectable non-stage IV nonsmall cell lung cancer: the surgical perspective. Eur Respir Rev 2024; 33:230195. [PMID: 38508666 PMCID: PMC10951859 DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0195-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
Abstract
Surgery remains an essential element of the multimodality radical treatment of patients with early-stage nonsmall cell lung cancer. In addition, thoracic surgery is one of the key specialties involved in the lung cancer tumour board. The importance of the surgeon in the setting of a multidisciplinary panel is ever-increasing in light of the crucial concept of resectability, which is at the base of patient selection for neoadjuvant/adjuvant treatments within trials and in real-world practice. This review covers some of the topics which are relevant in the daily practice of a thoracic oncological surgeon and should also be known by the nonsurgical members of the tumour board. It covers the following topics: the pre-operative selection of the surgical candidate in terms of fitness in light of the ever-improving nonsurgical treatment alternatives unfit patients may benefit from; the definition of resectability, which is so important to include patients into trials and to select the most appropriate radical treatment; the impact of surgical access and surgical extension with the evolving role of minimally invasive surgery, sublobar resections and parenchymal-sparing sleeve resections to avoid pneumonectomy.
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- Clemens Aigner
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Oncology, and Thoracic Oncology Centre Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, CUHK Medical Centre, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ljubljana University Medical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Lu S, Zhang W, Wu L, Wang W, Zhang P. Perioperative Toripalimab Plus Chemotherapy for Patients With Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: The Neotorch Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2024; 331:201-211. [PMID: 38227033 PMCID: PMC10792477 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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Importance Adjuvant and neoadjuvant immunotherapy have improved clinical outcomes for patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the optimal combination of checkpoint inhibition with chemotherapy remains unknown. Objective To determine whether toripalimab in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy will improve event-free survival and major pathological response in patients with stage II or III resectable NSCLC compared with chemotherapy alone. Design, Setting, and Participants This randomized clinical trial enrolled patients with stage II or III resectable NSCLC (without EGFR or ALK alterations for nonsquamous NSCLC) from March 12, 2020, to June 19, 2023, at 50 participating hospitals in China. The data cutoff date for this interim analysis was November 30, 2022. Interventions Patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive 240 mg of toripalimab or placebo once every 3 weeks combined with platinum-based chemotherapy for 3 cycles before surgery and 1 cycle after surgery, followed by toripalimab only (240 mg) or placebo once every 3 weeks for up to 13 cycles. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcomes were event-free survival (assessed by the investigators) and the major pathological response rate (assessed by blinded, independent pathological review). The secondary outcomes included the pathological complete response rate (assessed by blinded, independent pathological review) and adverse events. Results Of the 501 patients randomized, 404 had stage III NSCLC (202 in the toripalimab + chemotherapy group and 202 in the placebo + chemotherapy group) and 97 had stage II NSCLC and were excluded from this interim analysis. The median age was 62 years (IQR, 56-65 years), 92% of patients were male, and the median follow-up was 18.3 months (IQR, 12.7-22.5 months). For the primary outcome of event-free survival, the median length was not estimable (95% CI, 24.4 months-not estimable) in the toripalimab group compared with 15.1 months (95% CI, 10.6-21.9 months) in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.40 [95% CI, 0.28-0.57], P < .001). The major pathological response rate (another primary outcome) was 48.5% (95% CI, 41.4%-55.6%) in the toripalimab group compared with 8.4% (95% CI, 5.0%-13.1%) in the placebo group (between-group difference, 40.2% [95% CI, 32.2%-48.1%], P < .001). The pathological complete response rate (secondary outcome) was 24.8% (95% CI, 19.0%-31.3%) in the toripalimab group compared with 1.0% (95% CI, 0.1%-3.5%) in the placebo group (between-group difference, 23.7% [95% CI, 17.6%-29.8%]). The incidence of immune-related adverse events occurred more frequently in the toripalimab group. No unexpected treatment-related toxic effects were identified. The incidence of grade 3 or higher adverse events, fatal adverse events, and adverse events leading to discontinuation of treatment were comparable between the groups. Conclusions and Relevance The addition of toripalimab to perioperative chemotherapy led to a significant improvement in event-free survival for patients with resectable stage III NSCLC and this treatment strategy had a manageable safety profile. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04158440.
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- Shun Lu
- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Thoracic Medical Oncology, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Second Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tong Ji University, Shanghai, China
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Deutsch JS, Cimino-Mathews A, Thompson E, Provencio M, Forde PM, Spicer J, Girard N, Wang D, Anders RA, Gabrielson E, Illei P, Jedrych J, Danilova L, Sunshine J, Kerr KM, Tran M, Bushong J, Cai J, Devas V, Neely J, Balli D, Cottrell TR, Baras AS, Taube JM. Association between pathologic response and survival after neoadjuvant therapy in lung cancer. Nat Med 2024; 30:218-228. [PMID: 37903504 PMCID: PMC10803255 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02660-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/01/2023]
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Neoadjuvant immunotherapy plus chemotherapy improves event-free survival (EFS) and pathologic complete response (0% residual viable tumor (RVT) in primary tumor (PT) and lymph nodes (LNs)), and is approved for treatment of resectable lung cancer. Pathologic response assessment after neoadjuvant therapy is the potential analog to radiographic response for advanced disease. However, %RVT thresholds beyond pathologic complete response and major pathologic response (≤10% RVT) have not been explored. Pathologic response was prospectively assessed in the randomized, phase 3 CheckMate 816 trial (NCT02998528), which evaluated neoadjuvant nivolumab (anti-programmed death protein 1) plus chemotherapy in patients with resectable lung cancer. RVT, regression and necrosis were quantified (0-100%) in PT and LNs using a pan-tumor scoring system and tested for association with EFS in a prespecified exploratory analysis. Regardless of LN involvement, EFS improved with 0% versus >0% RVT-PT (hazard ratio = 0.18). RVT-PT predicted EFS for nivolumab plus chemotherapy (area under the curve = 0.74); 2-year EFS rates were 90%, 60%, 57% and 39% for patients with 0-5%, >5-30%, >30-80% and >80% RVT, respectively. Each 1% RVT associated with a 0.017 hazard ratio increase for EFS. Combining pathologic response from PT and LNs helped differentiate outcomes. When compared with radiographic response and circulating tumor DNA clearance, %RVT best approximated EFS. These findings support pathologic response as an emerging survival surrogate. Further assessment of the full spectrum of %RVT in lung cancer and other tumor types is warranted. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT02998528 .
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- Julie Stein Deutsch
- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institut du Thorax Curie-Montsouris, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- The Mark Foundation Center for Advanced Genomics and Imaging, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Weissferdt A, Leung CH, Lin H, Sepesi B, William WN, Swisher SG, Cascone T, Lee JJ, Pataer A. Pathologic Processing of Lung Cancer Resection Specimens After Neoadjuvant Therapy. Mod Pathol 2024; 37:100353. [PMID: 37844869 PMCID: PMC10841500 DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
Abstract
Neoadjuvant treatment of non-small cell lung cancer challenges the traditional processing of pathology specimens. Induction therapy before resection allows evaluation of the efficacy of neoadjuvant agents at the time of surgery. Many clinical trials use pathologic tumor response, measured as major pathologic response (MPR, ≤10% residual viable tumor [RVT]) or complete pathologic response (CPR, 0% RVT) as a surrogate of clinical efficacy. Consequently, accurate pathologic evaluation of RVT is crucial. However, pathologic assessment has not been uniform, which is particularly true for sampling of the primary tumor, which instead of the traditional processing, requires different tissue submission because the focus has shifted from tumor typing alone to RVT scoring. Using a simulation study, we analyzed the accuracy rates of %RVT, MPR, and CPR of 31 pretreated primary lung tumors using traditional grossing compared with the gold standard of submitting the entire residual primary tumor and identified the minimum number of tumor sections to be submitted to ensure the most accurate scoring of %RVT, MPR, and CPR. Accurate %RVT, MPR, and CPR calls were achieved in 52%, 87%, and 81% of cases, respectively, using the traditional grossing method. Accuracy rates of at least 90% for these parameters require either submission of all residual primary tumor or at least 20 tumor sections. Accurate %RVT, MPR, and CPR scores cannot be achieved with traditional tumor grossing. Submission of the entire primary tumor, up to a maximum of 20 sections, is required for the most accurate reads.
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- Annikka Weissferdt
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Hospital BP, a Beneficencia Portuguesa de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Miao D, Zhao J, Han Y, Zhou J, Li X, Zhang T, Li W, Xia Y. Management of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: State of the art and future directions. Cancer Commun (Lond) 2024; 44:23-46. [PMID: 37985191 PMCID: PMC10794016 DOI: 10.1002/cac2.12505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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Lung cancer is the second most common and the deadliest type of cancer worldwide. Clinically, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common pathological type of lung cancer; approximately one-third of affected patients have locally advanced NSCLC (LA-NSCLC, stage III NSCLC) at diagnosis. Because of its heterogeneity, LA-NSCLC often requires multidisciplinary assessment. Moreover, the prognosis of affected patients is much below satisfaction, and the efficacy of traditional therapeutic strategies has reached a plateau. With the emergence of targeted therapies and immunotherapies, as well as the continuous development of novel radiotherapies, we have entered an era of novel treatment paradigm for LA-NSCLC. Here, we reviewed the landscape of relevant therapeutic modalities, including adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and perioperative targeted and immune strategies in patients with resectable LA-NSCLC with/without oncogenic alterations; as well as novel combinations of chemoradiation and immunotherapy/targeted therapy in unresectable LA-NSCLC. We addressed the unresolved challenges that remain in the field, and examined future directions to optimize clinical management and increase the cure rate of LA-NSCLC.
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- Da Miao
- Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease of Zhejiang ProvinceDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
- Department of OncologyShaoxing Second HospitalShaoxingZhejiangP. R. China
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- Department of Medical OncologySecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease of Zhejiang ProvinceDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
- Department of ChemoradiotherapyThe Affiliated People's Hospital of Ningbo UniversityNingboZhejiangP. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease of Zhejiang ProvinceDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
- Key Discipline of Jiaxing Respiratory Medicine Construction ProjectJiaxing Key Laboratory of Precision Treatment for Lung CancerAffiliated Hospital of Jiaxing UniversityJiaxingZhejiangP. R. China
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- Department of PathologySecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
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- Department of Radiation OncologySecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease of Zhejiang ProvinceDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
- Cancer CenterZhejiang UniversityHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease of Zhejiang ProvinceDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineSecond Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
- Cancer CenterZhejiang UniversityHangzhouZhejiangP. R. China
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Tankel J, Spicer J, Chu Q, Fiset PO, Kidane B, Leighl NB, Joubert P, Maziak D, Palma D, McGuire A, Melosky B, Snow S, Bahig H, Blais N. Canadian Consensus Recommendations for the Management of Operable Stage II/III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Results of a Modified Delphi Process. Curr Oncol 2023; 30:10363-10384. [PMID: 38132389 PMCID: PMC10742991 DOI: 10.3390/curroncol30120755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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The treatment paradigm for patients with stage II/III non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is rapidly evolving. We performed a modified Delphi process culminating at the Early-stage Lung cancer International eXpert Retreat (ELIXR23) meeting held in Montreal, Canada, in June 2023. Participants included medical and radiation oncologists, thoracic surgeons and pathologists from across Quebec. Statements relating to diagnosis and treatment paradigms in the preoperative, operative and postoperative time periods were generated and modified until all held a high level of consensus. These statements are aimed to help guide clinicians involved in the treatment of patients with stage II/III NSCLC.
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- James Tankel
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB T6G 1Z2, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada
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- Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba & Cancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9, Canada
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec-Université, Laval, QC G1V 4G5, Canada
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, London Health Services Center, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, BCCA, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Center, Halifax, NS B3H 3A7, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 3E4, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H2X 3E4, Canada
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Huang S, Wu J, Li S, Li X, Zeng R, Tang Y, Tang J, Ben X, Zhang D, Xie L, Zhou H, Chen G, Wang S, Gao Z, Wu H, Chen R, Xu F, Qiao G. Evaluation of combined pathological responses in primary tumor and lymph nodes following neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in non-small cell lung cancer. Lung Cancer 2023; 186:107401. [PMID: 37844351 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.107401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Inconsistent pathological responses of tumor and lymph nodes (LNs) were frequently observed in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) receiving neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. However, there is a lack of studies to report the prognostic significance and the relevant clinicopathological factors of tumor-nodal inconsistent responses after neoadjuvant immunotherapy or chemoimmunotherapy. Therefore, this study aimed to depict the inconsistent pathological combined tumor-nodal responses in NSCLC patients after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy as well as the underlying clinical significance. METHODS A total of 81 node-positive NSCLC patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy were eligible for inclusion. Demographic, radiologic, and pathological features of patients were recorded. Patients with pathological complete response of both tumor (ypT(pCR)) and LNs (ypN0) were classified into the combined good responder group and the relevant clinicopathological features were evaluated. The event-free survival (EFS) outcome was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier analysis. RESULTS The ypN0 and ypT(pCR) rates were 74.1 % and 42.0 %, respectively. A significant correlation was observed between ypT(pCR) and ypN0 (P = 0.003), but inconsistent responses remained. The combined responses of the primary tumor and LNs demonstrated a significant association with the prognosis outcome (P = 0.005). Notably,patients who received at least twice of their infusions of immune checkpoint inhibitors after 15:30 had a worse prognosis (P = 0.015). CONCLUSION A significant but not absolute correlation was observed between good tumor response and good nodal response in NSCLC patients after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy, but inconsistent responses were also found. The combination of tumor and nodal responses is significantly associated with prognosis and combined good responder can be used as a reliable prognosis predictor.
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- Shujie Huang
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Department of Thoracic Surgery, the Ninth People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China; Department of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Research Center of Medical Sciences, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Bao X, Bian D, Yang X, Wang Z, Shang M, Jiang G, Shi J. Multiparametric MRI for evaluation of pathological response to the neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy in resectable non-small-cell lung cancer. Eur Radiol 2023; 33:9182-9193. [PMID: 37382618 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-09813-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the predictive value of intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM-DWI) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) quantitative parameters for the response to neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy (NCIT) in resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, so as to provide a basis for clinical individualized precision treatment. METHODS Treatment naive locally advanced NSCLC patients who enrolled in 3 prospective, open-label, and single-arm clinical trials and received NCIT were retrospectively analyzed in this study. Functional MRI imaging was performed at baseline and following 3 weeks of treatment as an exploratory endpoint to evaluate treatment efficacy. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used to identify independent predictive parameters for NCIT response. Prediction models were built with statistically significant quantitative parameters and their combinations. RESULTS In total of 32 patients, 13 were classified as complete pathological response (pCR) and 19 were non-pCR. Post-NCIT ADC, ΔADC, and ΔD values in the pCR group were significantly higher than those in the non-pCR group, while the pre-NCIT D, post-NCIT Kapp, and ΔKapp were significantly lower than those in non-pCR group. Multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that pre-NCIT D and post-NCIT Kapp values were independent predictors for NCIT response. The combined predictive model, which consisted of IVIM-DWI and DKI, showed the best prediction performance with AUC of 0.889. CONCLUSIONS The pre-NCIT D, post-NCIT parameters (ADC and Kapp) and Δ parameters (ΔADC, ΔD, and ΔKapp) were effective biomarkers for predicting pathologic response, and pre-NCIT D and post-NCIT Kapp values were independent predictors of NCIT response for NSCLC patients. CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT This exploratory study indicated that IVIM-DWI and DKI MRI imaging would predict pathologic response of neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy in locally advanced NSCLC patients at initial state and early treatment, which could help make clinical individualized treatment strategies. KEY POINTS • Effective NCIT treatment resulted in increased ADC and D values for NSCLC patients. • The residual tumors in non-pCR group tend to have higher microstructural complexity and heterogeneity, as measured by Kapp. • Pre-NCIT D and post-NCIT Kapp values were independent predictors of NCIT response.
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- Xiao Bao
- Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Radiology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
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Appel S, Bar J, Saad A, Marom EM, Urban D, Onn A, Gantz-Sorotsky H, Kremer RY, Ben-Nun A, Perelman M, Ofek E, Yacobi R, Daher S, Rasco A, Symon Z, Lawrence YR, Goldstein J. Effects of EGFR driver mutations on pathologic regression in resectable locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemoradiation and completion surgery. Br J Radiol 2023; 96:20220763. [PMID: 37751214 PMCID: PMC10646649 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20220763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that driver mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are associated with decreased pathologic response to neoadjuvant chemoradiation (NA-ChRT) in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC). METHODS Patients with Stage IIB-IIIA NSCLC treated with NA-ChRT, completion surgery, and underwent molecular profile testing were identified in a lung cancer database. Pathologic response was quantified using: (i) major pathologic response (MPR), (ii) complete pathologic response (pCR), and (iii) mean residual viable tumor cells (MRTC). Two groups were formed based on the presence or absence of driver mutations. Clinical and pathological correlations between the groups were studied. RESULTS Forty-seven patients underwent tumor molecular profile testing, NA-ChRT, and completion surgery. Compared to the no-driver mutation group, the driver mutation group had lower MPR (23% vs 71%, p = 0.003), pCR (0% vs 26%, p = 0.02), and higher MRTC (43.4% vs 15.8%, p = 0.009). Univariate analysis showed an increased MPR rate for smokers, squamous cell histology, ChRT-surgery interval >65 days, and no-driver mutations. Multivariate analysis showed that only no-driver mutations (OR 0.39, p = 0.02) remained significant for MPR. PD-L1 status did not affect MPR. At 2 years, the driver mutation group had lower rates of local control (Hazard ration [HR] 0.67, p = 0.17) and disease-free survival (HR 0.5, p = 0.001). Overall survival was similar for both groups (HR = 1.04, p = 0.86). CONCLUSION Following 60 Gray NA-ChRT, tumors with a driver mutation had lower MPR and pCR rates than tumors without a driver mutation. PD-L1 was not associated with tumor regression. ADVANCES IN KNOWLEDGE Patients with resectable LA-NSCLC and an EGFR driver mutation treated with neoadjuvant-ChRT and completion surgery have reduced pathologic regression, lower local control rates, and shorter disease-free survival than patients without a driver mutation. Evaluation of molecular testing should be introduced in LA-NSCLC intended for prognostication and treatment decisions.
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- Sarit Appel
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel- Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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- Thoracic Cancer Unit Cancer Division, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Gan Y, Liu Z, Tang Z, Yao X, Zeng B, Zhu H. Efficacy of neoadjuvant therapy for lung squamous cell carcinoma and lung adenocarcinoma: A retrospective comparative study. Oncol Lett 2023; 26:546. [PMID: 38020306 PMCID: PMC10660168 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2023.14133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Preoperative neoadjuvant therapy is widely used in cancer treatment; however, its efficacy in different subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is unknown. The present study compared the clinical efficacy of preoperative neoadjuvant therapy for two major NSCLC subtypes. Patients with NSCLC who underwent preoperative neoadjuvant therapy between January 2016 and August 2022 were reviewed. Patients were stratified according to histology and treatment strategy. Retrospective analysis was performed by comparing the basic clinical characteristics of the patients, clinicopathological characteristics of the tumors, imaging data and pathological responses to treatment. A total of 36 cases of lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) and 31 cases of lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) were included. After neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy, the pathological response rates were higher for patients with LUSC than LUAD, but there was no statistically significant difference between the two subgroups (P=0.06). However, the pathological complete response rates after neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy were significantly higher for LUSC than those after chemotherapy alone (P=0.01). These preliminary findings suggested that preoperative chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy could improve the pathological response of patients, particularly in those with LUSC. The present study provided new insights into the treatment of NSCLC.
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- Yi Gan
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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Mohamed S, Bertolaccini L, Casiraghi M, Petrella F, Galetta D, Guarize J, de Marinis F, Spaggiari L. Predictors, surrogate, and patient-reported outcomes in immunotherapy and salvage surgery for unresectable lung cancer: a single-center retrospective study. Updates Surg 2023; 75:2355-2363. [PMID: 37668890 DOI: 10.1007/s13304-023-01644-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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Medical treatment has changed drastically in recent years, especially for advanced stages of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), for which the development of immunotherapy and molecular targeted therapy significantly increased survival and quality of life. This single-center retrospective study aimed to analyze the outcome predictors, the surrogate outcomes, and the patient-reported outcomes after neoadjuvant immunotherapy for initially unresectable NSCLC. Patients affected by an initially unresectable NSCLC and identified between March 2014 and December 2021 who received immunotherapy alone or in combination with platinum-based chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy were collected. Overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) were estimated according to the Kaplan-Meier method. Patient-reported outcomes were recorded using the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Quality-of-Life (QoL) Group questionnaire-Lung Cancer 29 Module to compare differences in symptoms and QoL at two different times, 30 days and 1 year after surgery. Surgical, pathological records, and patient-reported outcomes (at 30 days and 1 year after surgery) were reviewed. Complete pathological remission was achieved in 7 patients (36.8%) and major pathological remission in 3 patients (15.7%). The median overall survival in the study group is 19 months (range: 2-57.4). Of 19 patients, 16 (84.2%) are alive to date, of which 2 (10.5%) have a local recurrence. At 30 days from surgery, the main symptoms reported by EORTC Module were coughing, shortness of breath, the side effect of treatment, fear of progression, and surgery-related problems. Induction immunotherapy with or without chemotherapy can be considered for unresectable locally advanced NSCLC, and after the downstaging, the possibility of surgery could be re-evaluated in a multidisciplinary setting with high rates of R0 resection. In this selected and highly motivated group of patients, the QoL and symptoms after salvage surgeries are acceptable and even better than those reported in the literature.
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- Shehab Mohamed
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Via Ripamonti 435, 20141, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Unit of Interventional Pneumology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Unit of Interventional Pneumology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Unit of Interventional Pneumology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
- Unit of Interventional Pneumology, IEO, European Institute of Oncology IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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Zhang L, E H, Huang J, Wu J, Li Q, Hou L, Li C, Dai C, Deng J, Yang M, Ma M, Ren Y, Luo Q, Zhao D, Chen C. Clinical utility of [ 18F]FDG PET/CT in the assessment of mediastinal lymph node disease after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer. Eur Radiol 2023; 33:8564-8572. [PMID: 37464112 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-023-09910-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The performance of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the prediction of ypN2 disease in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy has not been reported. This multicenter study investigated the utility of PET/CT to assess ypN2 disease in these patients. METHODS A total of 181 consecutive patients (chemoimmunotherapy = 86, chemotherapy = 95) at four institutions were enrolled in this study. Every patient received a PET/CT scan prior to surgery and complete resection with systematic nodal dissection. The diagnostic performance was evaluated through area under the curve (AUC). Kaplan-Meier method and Cox analysis were performed to identify the risk factors affecting recurrences. RESULTS The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of PET/CT for ypN2 diseases were 0.667, 0.835, and 0.779, respectively. Therefore, the AUC was 0.751. Compared with the false positive cases, the mean value of max standardized uptake value (SUVmax) (6.024 vs. 2.672, p < 0.001) of N2 nodes was significantly higher in true positive patients. Moreover, the SUVmax of true positive (7.671 vs. 5.976, p = 0.365) and false (2.433 vs. 2.339, p = 0.990) positive cases were similar between chemoimmunotherapy and chemotherapy, respectively. Survival analysis proved that pathologic N (ypN) 2 patients could be stratified by PET/CT-N2(+ vs. -) for both chemoimmunotherapy (p = 0.023) and chemotherapy (p = 0.010). CONCLUSIONS PET/CT is an accurate and non-invasive test for mediastinal restaging of NSCLC patients who receive neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. The ypN2 patients with PET/CT-N2( +) are identified as an independent prognostic factor compared with PET/CT-N2(-). CLINICAL RELEVANCE STATEMENT Imaging with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) plays an integral role during disease diagnosis, staging, and therapeutic response assessments in patients with NSCLC. PET/CT could be an effective non-invasive tool for predicting ypN2 diseases after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy. KEY POINTS • PET/CT could serve as an effective non-invasive tool for predicting ypN2 diseases. • The ypN2 patients with PET/CT-N2( +) were a strong and independent prognostic factor. • The application of PET/CT for restaging should be encouraged in clinical practice.
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- Lei Zhang
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Ningbo No. 2 Hospital, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Gansu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, No. 507 Zhengmin Road, Shanghai, 200443, China.
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Yin X, Li J, Chen B, Liu K, Hu S. The predictive value of 18F-FDG PET/CT combined with inflammatory index for major pathological reactions in resectable NSCLC receiving neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy. Lung Cancer 2023; 186:107389. [PMID: 37820538 DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2023.107389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate whether the combination of inflammatory biomarkers and metabolic parameters of 18F-FDG PET/CT could predict the major pathological reactions (MPR) in resectable NSCLC patients after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy more accurately and screen out patients who may benefit from the neoadjuvant therapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS 114 resectable NSCLC patients who underwent neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy and radical surgery were retrospectively enrolled. Detailed clinical characteristics, B-R and 18F-FDG PET/CT images were collected for analyzing their correlation with MPR. A metabolic-inflammation comprehensive prognostic index (MICPI) combined 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters and inflammatory index was proposed to predict MPR. RESULTS 66.7 % patients achieved MPR. Smoking history, gender and ILO were influencing factors for MPR acquisition in NSCLC patients. High absolute neutrophils count (PreN ≥ 3.65), metabolic parameters (PreSUVmax ≥ 11.73) before treatment and ΔSUVmean (≥54.18) were significantly associated with MPR (P<0.01, P<0.05 and P<0.001 respectively). MICPI-B based on PreN and PreSUVmax categorized NSCLC patients into three groups and among the groups of high, intermediate and low MICPI-B score, MPR accounted for 80.00 %, 51.72 % and 28.57 % respectively (P < 0.01). In high, intermediate and low MICPI-P groups which based on PreN and ΔSUVmean, MPR accounted for 92.31 %, 53.57 % and 11.11 %, respectively (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION PreN and metabolic parameter of 18F-FDG PET/CT may be an accurate alternative biomarker for predicting MPR in NSCLC patients after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy. Moreover, MICPI can stratify patients into different groups based on their likelihood of obtaining MPR, allowing clinicians to identify patients who may most likely benefit from neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy.
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- Xiaoqin Yin
- Department of PET Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of PET Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of PET Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of PET Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China
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- Department of PET Center, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
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Zhao J, Hao S, Li Y, Liu X, Liu Z, Zheng C, Han D. Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy with Chemotherapy versus Chemotherapy Alone in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Propensity Score and Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting Analysis. Immunotargets Ther 2023; 12:113-133. [PMID: 38026088 PMCID: PMC10651418 DOI: 10.2147/itt.s437911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Purpose This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) and neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy (NICT) combined with radical lung cancer resection for the treatment of patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To adjust for confounding factors, we innovatively adopted two matching methods: propensity score (PS) and inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW). Patients and Methods We conducted a retrospective analysis of the clinicopathological features and prognosis of patients with resectable NSCLC treated with NCT or NICT combined with radical lung cancer resection using propensity score matching (PSM) at a ratio of 1:1 and IPTW to balance potential bias. Results After PSM, 116 pairs of patients who had undergone NCT or NICT were selected for the final analysis. The pathological complete remission (pCR) and major pathological remission (MPR) rates were significantly better in the NICT group than in the NCT group (pCR rate of 44.8% vs 2.6%, P< 0.001; MPR rate of 66.4% vs 20.7%, P< 0.001). No significant difference was seen between the NICT and NCT groups in terms of postoperative complications (12.1% vs 9.5%, P=0.182). Patients in the NICT group had significantly better disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival(OS) than those in the NCT group ([3-year DFS: 75.2% vs 43.3%, P< 0.001] and [3-year OS: 91.5% vs 58.0%, P< 0.001]). Among all patients, those with postoperative pathology of pCR had better DFS (P< 0.001) and OS (P= 0.009). Patients with postoperative pathology of MPR had better DFS (P< 0.001) and OS (P< 0.001). The IPTW method yielded similar pathologic and prognostic results. Conclusion Patients with resectable NSCLC treated with NICT had better pathological responses and prognosis, than those treated with NCT, and the safety profiles of NICT and NCT were similar.
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- Junfeng Zhao
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University, and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, BinZhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, BinZhou Medical University, Binzhou, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Zibo Centre Hospital, BinZhou Medical University, Zibo, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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- Breast Cancer Center, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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Heymach JV, Harpole D, Mitsudomi T, Taube JM, Galffy G, Hochmair M, Winder T, Zukov R, Garbaos G, Gao S, Kuroda H, Ostoros G, Tran TV, You J, Lee KY, Antonuzzo L, Papai-Szekely Z, Akamatsu H, Biswas B, Spira A, Crawford J, Le HT, Aperghis M, Doherty GJ, Mann H, Fouad TM, Reck M. Perioperative Durvalumab for Resectable Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med 2023; 389:1672-1684. [PMID: 37870974 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2304875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant or adjuvant immunotherapy can improve outcomes in patients with resectable non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Perioperative regimens may combine benefits of both to improve long-term outcomes. METHODS We randomly assigned patients with resectable NSCLC (stage II to IIIB [N2 node stage] according to the eighth edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual) to receive platinum-based chemotherapy plus durvalumab or placebo administered intravenously every 3 weeks for 4 cycles before surgery, followed by adjuvant durvalumab or placebo intravenously every 4 weeks for 12 cycles. Randomization was stratified according to disease stage (II or III) and programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression (≥1% or <1%). Primary end points were event-free survival (defined as the time to the earliest occurrence of progressive disease that precluded surgery or prevented completion of surgery, disease recurrence [assessed in a blinded fashion by independent central review], or death from any cause) and pathological complete response (evaluated centrally). RESULTS A total of 802 patients were randomly assigned to receive durvalumab (400 patients) or placebo (402 patients). The duration of event-free survival was significantly longer with durvalumab than with placebo; the stratified hazard ratio for disease progression, recurrence, or death was 0.68 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.53 to 0.88; P = 0.004) at the first interim analysis. At the 12-month landmark analysis, event-free survival was observed in 73.4% of the patients who received durvalumab (95% CI, 67.9 to 78.1), as compared with 64.5% of the patients who received placebo (95% CI, 58.8 to 69.6). The incidence of pathological complete response was significantly greater with durvalumab than with placebo (17.2% vs. 4.3% at the final analysis; difference, 13.0 percentage points; 95% CI, 8.7 to 17.6; P<0.001 at interim analysis of data from 402 patients). Event-free survival and pathological complete response benefit were observed regardless of stage and PD-L1 expression. Adverse events of maximum grade 3 or 4 occurred in 42.4% of patients with durvalumab and in 43.2% with placebo. Data from 62 patients with documented EGFR or ALK alterations were excluded from the efficacy analyses in the modified intention-to-treat population. CONCLUSIONS In patients with resectable NSCLC, perioperative durvalumab plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy was associated with significantly greater event-free survival and pathological complete response than neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone, with a safety profile that was consistent with the individual agents. (Funded by AstraZeneca; AEGEAN ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03800134.).
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- John V Heymach
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
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- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
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- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
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- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
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- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
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- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Thomas Winder
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Ruslan Zukov
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Gabriel Garbaos
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Shugeng Gao
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Hiroaki Kuroda
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Gyula Ostoros
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Tho V Tran
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Jian You
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Kang-Yun Lee
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Lorenzo Antonuzzo
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Zsolt Papai-Szekely
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Hiroaki Akamatsu
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Bivas Biswas
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Alexander Spira
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Jeffrey Crawford
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Ha T Le
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Mike Aperghis
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Gary J Doherty
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Helen Mann
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Tamer M Fouad
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
| | - Martin Reck
- From the Department of Thoracic-Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (J.V.H.), and US Oncology Research, the Woodlands (A.S.) - both in Texas; the Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center (D.H.), and Duke Cancer Institute (J.C.) - both in Durham, NC; the Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama (T.M.), the Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi (H.K.), and Internal Medicine III, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama (H.A.) - all in Japan; the Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore (J.M.T.); Törökbalint Institute of Pulmonology, Törökbálint (G. Galffy), Koranyi National Institute for TB and Pulmonology, Budapest (G.O.), and the University Teaching Hospital of Fejér County, Székesfehérvár (Z.P.-S.) - all in Hungary; the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Karl Landsteiner Institute of Lung Research and Pulmonary Oncology, Klinik Floridsdorf, Vienna (M.H.), and the Department of Hematology, Oncology, Gastroenterology and Infectiology, Landeskrankenhaus Feldkirch, Feldkirch (T.W.) - both in Austria; Krasnoyarsk State Medical University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia (R.Z.); Fundación Estudios Clínicos, Santa Fe, Argentina (G. Garbaos); the Thoracic Surgery Department, National Cancer Center-National Clinical Research Center for Cancer-Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing (S.G.), and the Department of Lung Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin (J.Y.) - both in China; the Oncology and Chemotherapy Department, University Medical Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City (T.V.T.), and No. 1 Medical Oncology Department, Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Hanoi (H.T.L.) - both in Vietnam; the Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan (K.-Y.L.); the Clinical Oncology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy (L.A.); Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, India (B.B.); Virginia Cancer Specialists Research Institute, Fairfax (A.S.); AstraZeneca, Cambridge, United Kingdom (M.A., G.J.D., H.M.); AstraZeneca, New York (T.M.F.); and Lung Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North, German Center for Lung Research, Grosshansdorf, Germany (M.R.)
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Sim JK, Choi J, Lee SY. Perioperative immunotherapy in stage IB-III non-small cell lung cancer: a critical review of its rationale and considerations. Korean J Intern Med 2023; 38:787-796. [PMID: 37939663 PMCID: PMC10636541 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2023.345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Accepted: 10/24/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Lung cancer is a dismal disease as a leading cause of overall cancer death, but the development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in driver gene mutation negative metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is changing the paradigm of lung cancer treatment. Recently, ICIs are expanding their treatment area to early-stage NSCLC and ICIs have also changed their treatment strategies of such patients. And it is important to appropriately select patients with resectable early-stage lung cancer through a multidisciplinary team approach and decrease the tumor relapse rate in the ICIs era. In this review article, we discuss the recently released neoadjuvant and adjuvant data of ICIs, their treatment rationale, and unmet needs in the treatment of early-stage NSCLC.
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- Jae Kyeom Sim
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Chen T, Cao Z, Sun Y, Huang J, Shen S, Jin Y, Jiang L, Wen F, Zhao X, Zhang D, Chen Y, Huang M, Chen H, Lu S, Li Z. Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy Increases Tumor Immune Lymphocytes Infiltration in Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol 2023; 30:7549-7560. [PMID: 37587362 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-023-14123-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy treatment (NCIT) has achieved great success for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, the intrinsic mechanism underlying this treatment remains unclear. METHODS Thirty-two patients with stage IIA-IIIC NSCLC who underwent surgery after NCIT were included in this retrospective study. Multiplex immunofluorescence (mIF) staining and image analysis assays were performed on the samples collected before and after NCIT for each patient. RNA analyses was applied to confirm the mIF results. RESULTS Among the enrolled patients, 14 achieved major pathological response or pathological complete response (pCR) and were defined as the 'response' group, whereas 18 patients did not respond well to NCIT and were defined as the 'nonresponse' group. The results of the mIF assays revealed an overall increase in tumor immune lymphocytes (TILs) after NCIT in the stroma area (p = 0.03) rather than the tumor area (p = 0.86). The percentage of CD8+ T cells and tertiary lymphoid structure counts in both the response and nonresponse groups increased significantly after NCIT compared with before NCIT. CD3+ T cells and FOXP3+ cells decreased significantly in the response group but remained unchanged or increased in the nonresponse group. A comparison of the response and nonresponse groups showed that CD3, FOXP3+ and CD8+/PD-1+ cells before NCIT may serve as predictors of the response to neoadjuvant immunotherapy. The RNA analyses confirmed the mIF results that TILs were elevated after NCIT. CONCLUSIONS The infiltration of immune cells before NCIT was correlated with pathologic complete response, which enhanced the TILs as a promising predictor for selecting patients who were more likely to benefit from NCIT.
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- Tianxiang Chen
- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- The Medical Department, 3D Medicines Inc., Shanghai, China
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- The Medical Department, 3D Medicines Inc., Shanghai, China
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- The Medical Department, 3D Medicines Inc., Shanghai, China
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- The Medical Department, 3D Medicines Inc., Shanghai, China
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- The Medical Department, 3D Medicines Inc., Shanghai, China
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- The Medical Department, 3D Medicines Inc., Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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- Shanghai Lung Cancer Center, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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Terada K, Yoshizawa A, Liu X, Ito H, Hamaji M, Menju T, Date H, Bise R, Haga H. Deep Learning for Predicting Effect of Neoadjuvant Therapies in Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas With Histologic Images. Mod Pathol 2023; 36:100302. [PMID: 37580019 DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2023.100302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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Neoadjuvant therapies are used for locally advanced non-small cell lung carcinomas, whereby pathologists histologically evaluate the effect using resected specimens. Major pathological response (MPR) has recently been used for treatment evaluation and as an economical survival surrogate; however, interobserver variability and poor reproducibility are often noted. The aim of this study was to develop a deep learning (DL) model to predict MPR from hematoxylin and eosin-stained tissue images and to validate its utility for clinical use. We collected data on 125 primary non-small cell lung carcinoma cases that were resected after neoadjuvant therapy. The cases were randomly divided into 55 for training/validation and 70 for testing. A total of 261 hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides were obtained from the maximum tumor beds, and whole slide images were prepared. We used a multiscale patch model that can adaptively weight multiple convolutional neural networks trained with different field-of-view images. We performed 3-fold cross-validation to evaluate the model. During testing, we compared the percentages of viable tumor evaluated by annotator pathologists (reviewed data), those evaluated by nonannotator pathologists (primary data), and those predicted by the DL-based model using 2-class confusion matrices and receiver operating characteristic curves and performed a survival analysis between MPR-achieved and non-MPR cases. In cross-validation, accuracy and mean F1 score were 0.859 and 0.805, respectively. During testing, accuracy and mean F1 score with reviewed data and those with primary data were 0.986, 0.985, 0.943, and 0.943, respectively. The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve with reviewed and primary data were 0.999 and 0.978, respectively. The disease-free survival of MPR-achieved cases with reviewed and primary data was significantly better than that of the non-MPR cases (P<.001 and P=.001), and that predicted by the DL-based model was almost identical (P=.005). The DL model may support pathologist evaluations and can offer accurate determinations of MPR in patients.
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- Kazuhiro Terada
- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Department of Advanced Information Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Information Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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Sanber K, Rosner S, Forde PM, Marrone KA. Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. BioDrugs 2023; 37:775-791. [PMID: 37603233 DOI: 10.1007/s40259-023-00614-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) has improved outcomes for patients with advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Building off of this, it has been hypothesized that the utilization of ICB early during the disease course may be advantageous, particularly in the neoadjuvant setting prior to definitive surgical resection. Preclinical studies have suggested that a more potent immune response may be induced by neoadjuvant ICB in the presence of a higher antigen burden and intact tumor draining lymph nodes. Recent clinical trials evaluating neoadjuvant ICB with or without chemotherapy combinations in patients with resectable NSCLC led to improved pathological responses and longer event-free survival when neoadjuvant ICB was added to chemotherapy. Surgical outcomes were also supportive of this approach, with encouraging rates of pathological downstaging. Additionally, the availability of pre-treatment biopsy samples and post-treatment surgical resection tissues facilitates the conducting of correlative studies that continue to improve our understanding of the mechanisms of response and resistance to ICB. As long-term survival outcomes from ongoing clinical trials are awaited, several important questions require further investigation, including the optimal duration of neoadjuvant therapy, the clinical endpoints most predictive of long-term outcomes, and translational studies that should be investigated in future trial designs. Additionally, the optimal clinical management of patients with residual disease at the time of surgical resection and those who experience recurrence remains to be determined. In this review, we will (1) discuss the rationale behind neoadjuvant ICB-based therapy in NSCLC, (2) summarize the clinical data available thus far, and (3) highlight unanswered questions that need to be addressed in future studies to maximize the clinical benefits of this approach.
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- Khaled Sanber
- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 4500, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 4500, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 4500, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 301 Mason Lord Drive, Suite 4500, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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Guo J, Lin SD, Minervini F, Geraci TC, Kim JJ, Tong CY, Li XJ, Cao C. Neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy in the treatment of stage III lung squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective cohort study. J Thorac Dis 2023; 15:5658-5668. [PMID: 37969291 PMCID: PMC10636463 DOI: 10.21037/jtd-23-1175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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Background Neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy has been proven to be a successful therapeutic strategy for patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Nevertheless, there is a paucity of information regarding surgical feasibility and safety as well as tumor response. The present study aimed to investigate the therapeutic and surgical outcomes for patients with stage III lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). Methods Patients with stage III potentially resectable LSCC treated with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy at The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University between March 2020 and June 2022 were retrospectively included. Oncologic outcomes and intraoperative and postoperative variables were assessed. Results A total of 17 locally advanced LSCC patients were included in the study. Patients in stages IIIA and IIIB were represented by 10 (58.8%) and 7 (41.2%) cases, respectively. A minimally invasive procedure was successfully completed in 12 out of 17 cases (70.6%). A total of 10 patients (58.8%) had standard lobectomies performed, 1 (5.9%) had a bilobectomy, 3 (17.6%) had pneumonectomies, and 1 (5.9%) had a wedge resection. A total of 7 patients (41.2%) experienced postoperative complications, and there were no 30- or 90-day mortalities. The 2-year disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) rates were 76.6% and 82.5%, respectively. The rate of major pathological response (MPR) was 70.6%. Conclusions Lung resection after immunochemotherapy for potentially resectable stage III LSCC is feasible and safe. This treatment strategy results in a significant pathologic response and promising rates of OS at 2 years.
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- Jing Guo
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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Okubo Y, Toda S, Sato S, Yoshioka E, Ono K, Hasegawa C, Washimi K, Yokose T, Miyagi Y, Iwasaki H, Hayashi H. Histological findings of thyroid cancer after lenvatinib therapy. Histopathology 2023; 83:657-663. [PMID: 37501641 DOI: 10.1111/his.15013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/07/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
AIMS Lenvatinib is a multikinase inhibitor used for treating unresectable or metastatic cancers, including thyroid cancer. As total thyroidectomy followed by radioactive iodine therapy is a commonly recommended initial treatment for thyroid cancer, histological findings of the thyroid after lenvatinib therapy remain unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyse in-vivo changes in patients who underwent thyroidectomy after lenvatinib therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS We screened 167 patients with thyroid cancer [papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), n = 102; follicular thyroid cancer (FTC), n = 26; anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), n = 39] who underwent lenvatinib therapy. Among these patients, six underwent thyroidectomy (lenvatinib-treated group: PTC, n = 3; FTC, n = 1; ATC, n = 2), and the specimens were examined. Five patients with PTC who did not receive lenvatinib therapy were included for comparison (untreated group). Microvessel density (MVD) was evaluated in both groups. The PTC and FTC specimens showed relatively more ischaemic changes than ATC specimens. Coagulative necrosis and ischaemic changes in cancer cells were frequently observed. ATC specimens showed fibrosis and mild cell damage. As hypothyroidism is a common side effect of lenvatinib therapy, non-cancerous thyroid tissues were also examined. Histological findings included mild lymphocytic infiltration, lymphoid follicular formation, histiocytic reaction and follicular epithelial destruction. The MVD in lenvatinib-treated tissues was significantly lower than that in untreated tissues. CONCLUSIONS Lenvatinib therapy probably induces relatively specific ischaemic changes in thyroid cancer cells. Moreover, inflammatory cell infiltration and decreased MVD occur to varying degrees in non-cancerous thyroid tissue and may be related to hypothyroidism, a side effect of lenvatinib.
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- Yoichiro Okubo
- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
- Molecular Pathology and Genetics Division, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
- Molecular Pathology and Genetics Division, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital, Yokohama, Japan
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Zhou J, Sun H, Wang Z, Cong W, Zeng M, Zhou W, Bie P, Liu L, Wen T, Kuang M, Han G, Yan Z, Wang M, Liu R, Lu L, Ren Z, Zeng Z, Liang P, Liang C, Chen M, Yan F, Wang W, Hou J, Ji Y, Yun J, Bai X, Cai D, Chen W, Chen Y, Cheng W, Cheng S, Dai C, Guo W, Guo Y, Hua B, Huang X, Jia W, Li Q, Li T, Li X, Li Y, Li Y, Liang J, Ling C, Liu T, Liu X, Lu S, Lv G, Mao Y, Meng Z, Peng T, Ren W, Shi H, Shi G, Shi M, Song T, Tao K, Wang J, Wang K, Wang L, Wang W, Wang X, Wang Z, Xiang B, Xing B, Xu J, Yang J, Yang J, Yang Y, Yang Y, Ye S, Yin Z, Zeng Y, Zhang B, Zhang B, Zhang L, Zhang S, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Zhao M, Zhao Y, Zheng H, Zhou L, Zhu J, Zhu K, Liu R, Shi Y, Xiao Y, Zhang L, Yang C, Wu Z, Dai Z, Chen M, Cai J, Wang W, Cai X, Li Q, Shen F, Qin S, Teng G, Dong J, Fan J. Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer (2022 Edition). Liver Cancer 2023; 12:405-444. [PMID: 37901768 PMCID: PMC10601883 DOI: 10.1159/000530495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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Background Primary liver cancer, of which around 75-85% is hepatocellular carcinoma in China, is the fourth most common malignancy and the second leading cause of tumor-related death, thereby posing a significant threat to the life and health of the Chinese people. Summary Since the publication of Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Liver Cancer in China in June 2017, which were updated by the National Health Commission in December 2019, additional high-quality evidence has emerged from researchers worldwide regarding the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of liver cancer, that requires the guidelines to be updated again. The new edition (2022 Edition) was written by more than 100 experts in the field of liver cancer in China, which not only reflects the real-world situation in China but also may reshape the nationwide diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer. Key Messages The new guideline aims to encourage the implementation of evidence-based practice and improve the national average 5-year survival rate for patients with liver cancer, as proposed in the "Health China 2030 Blueprint."
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- Jian Zhou
- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- The Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Liver Diseases and Digestive Interventional Radiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, The Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Interventional Oncology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Interventional Ultrasound, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Editorial Department of Chinese Journal of Digestive Surgery, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Tumor Prevention and Treatment Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Integrative Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Hematology, Ruijin Hospital North, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Integrated Therapy, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China
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- The Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Spleenary Surgery, The Affiliated Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Graduate School, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, Affiliated Provincial Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Oncology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oncology, Peking University International Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Changhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, PLA Cancer Center, Nanjing Bayi Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Institute and Hospital of Hepatobiliary Surgery of Chinese PLA, Chinese PLA Medical School, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) Hospital, PUMC and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- The Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China
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- Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Peking University Cancer Hospital and Institute, Beijing, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Affiliated Hospital Cancer Center, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- The Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Interventional Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery and Interventional Radiology, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Integrative Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Surgery, Hepatic Surgery Center, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery Institute, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, ZhengZhou, China
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- Department of Hepatic Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Minimally Invasive Interventional Division, Liver Cancer Group, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, ZhengZhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, Guang’anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Minimally Invasive Interventional Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Interventional Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Abdominal Surgical Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- The Third Department of Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, PLA Cancer Center, Nanjing Bayi Hospital, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Surgery, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital (BTCH), School of Clinical Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Liver Cancer Institute, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Dacic S, Travis W, Redman M, Saqi A, Cooper WA, Borczuk A, Chung JH, Glass C, Lopez JM, Roden AC, Sholl L, Weissferdt A, Posadas J, Walker A, Zhu H, Wijeratne MT, Connolly C, Wynes M, Bota-Rabassedas N, Sanchez-Espiridion B, Lee JJ, Berezowska S, Chou TY, Kerr K, Nicholson A, Poleri C, Schalper KA, Tsao MS, Carbone DP, Ready N, Cascone T, Heymach J, Sepesi B, Shu C, Rizvi N, Sonett J, Altorki N, Provencio M, Bunn PA, Kris MG, Belani CP, Kelly K, Wistuba I. International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Study of Reproducibility in Assessment of Pathologic Response in Resected Lung Cancers After Neoadjuvant Therapy. J Thorac Oncol 2023; 18:1290-1302. [PMID: 37702631 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2023.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Pathologic response has been proposed as an early clinical trial end point of survival after neoadjuvant treatment in clinical trials of NSCLC. The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) published recommendations for pathologic evaluation of resected lung cancers after neoadjuvant therapy. The aim of this study was to assess pathologic response interobserver reproducibility using IASLC criteria. METHODS An international panel of 11 pulmonary pathologists reviewed hematoxylin and eosin-stained slides from the lung tumors of resected NSCLC from 84 patients who received neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors in six clinical trials. Pathologic response was assessed for percent viable tumor, necrosis, and stroma. For each slide, tumor bed area was measured microscopically, and pre-embedded formulas calculated unweighted and weighted major pathologic response (MPR) averages to reflect variable tumor bed proportion. RESULTS Unanimous agreement among pathologists for MPR was observed in 68 patients (81%), and inter-rater agreement (IRA) was 0.84 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.76-0.92) and 0.86 (95% CI: 0.79-0.93) for unweighted and weighted averages, respectively. Overall, unweighted and weighted methods did not reveal significant differences in the classification of MPR. The highest concordance by both methods was observed for cases with more than 95% viable tumor (IRA = 0.98, 95% CI: 0.96-1) and 0% viable tumor (IRA = 0.94, 95% CI: 0.89-0.98). The most common reasons for discrepancies included interpretations of tumor bed, presence of prominent stromal inflammation, distinction between reactive and neoplastic pneumocytes, and assessment of invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma. CONCLUSIONS Our study revealed excellent reliability in cases with no residual viable tumor and good reliability for MPR with the IASLC recommended less than or equal to 10% cutoff for viable tumor after neoadjuvant therapy.
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- Sanja Dacic
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Tissue Pathology and Diagnostic Oncology, NSW Health Pathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Anatomic/Clinical Pathology, Northwell Health, Greenvale, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Translational Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Denver, Colorado
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- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Denver, Colorado
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Institute of Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Pathology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen University Medical School, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton and Harefield National Health Service Foundation Trust and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Independent Consultant in Thoracic Pathology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Pathology and Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Pathology, University Health Network, and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Duke Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Division of Hematology and Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Thoracic Surgery Department, Columbia University New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro-Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
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- Medical Oncology, Colorado University School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
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- Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Cancer Institute, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Denver, Colorado
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- Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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Wang P, Lei M, Weng G, Huang R, Lin H, Wei W, Chen Y, He H, Chen P, Zhang D, Chen W, Zhou H, Gao P, Liu S, Wang F. High-dose chemotherapy sensitizes locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma to PD-1 blockade for a higher pathological complete response rate and survival. Transl Oncol 2023; 36:101736. [PMID: 37478670 PMCID: PMC10375848 DOI: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND PD-1 inhibitor and chemotherapy demonstrated durable antitumor activity with a manageable safety profile as the first-line treatment in patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of PD-1 inhibitors plus different dose intensity neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced ESCC. METHODS Patients with locally advanced but resectable thoracic ESCC, staged as T3 or T4a, N0-3, and M0 or M1 lymph node metastasis (confined to the supraclavicular lymph nodes), were enrolled in this study. The eligible patients received tislelizumab plus different dose intensity chemotherapy for a 21-day cycle with repeated 2-4 cycles before surgery. The primary endpoints are pathological complete response (pCR) and major pathological response (MPR), and the secondary endpoints are objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), and disease-free survival (DFS). RESULTS From November 2019 to February 2022, 122 cases received at least two cycles neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy and were evaluated by imaging examination. Subsequently, 99 patients underwent surgery and were evaluated by pathological evaluation. According to chemotherapy dose intensity, the patients were divided into three cohorts: cohort 1 (<80% dose intensity), cohort 2 (80-90% dose intensity), cohort 3 (90-100% dose intensity). All surgery patients underwent minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE). The average pCR was identified in 22.22%; 16% had pCR in cohort 1, 17.65% had pCR in cohort 2, and 30.00% had pCR in cohort 3. MPR was observed in 9 (36.00%) patients in cohort 1, 18 (52.94%) patients in cohort 2, 22 (55.00%) patients in cohort 3. In univariable and multivariable analysis, dose intensity was significantly associated with MPR (p = 0.048) in patients who underwent esophagectomy. For surviving patients, the median follow-up was 13.76 months after esophagectomy. Compared to cohort 1, cohorts 2 and 3 had better DFS (p = 0.056). In addition, the prognosis of patients with MPR was better than that of patients without MPR (p = 0.014). CONCLUSIONS The robust antitumor activity of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy for locally advanced but resectable thoracic ESCC was confirmed. More than 80% of chemotherapy dose intensity combined with immunotherapy resulted in a high pCR rate and prolonged DFS.
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- Peiyuan Wang
- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Translational Cancer Medicine, Fuzhou, China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Biotherapy, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Oncology, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Pathology, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
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- Department of Thoracic Oncology Surgery, Clinical Oncology School of Fujian Medical University, Fujian Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, China.
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