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    O02 - NSCLC - Combined Modality Therapy I (ID 111)

    • Event: WCLC 2013
    • Type: Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Combined Modality
    • Presentations: 1
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      O02.07 - Is there a survival benefit in patients with stage IIIA(N2) non-small cell lung cancer under neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy followed by surgery administration: a systematic review and meta-analysis (ID 2164)

      11:35 - 11:45  |  Author(s): X. Xu

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      Background
      Optimal management of clinical stage IIIA (N2) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is controversial despite the conduct of several randomized controlled trials (RCTs). This article contributes to this problem by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of published RCTs.

      Methods
      A comprehensive literature search was performed in the Pubmed, Embase, Medline database (last search updated in May 2013) for relevant studies comparing patients with stage IIIA (N2)NSCLC undergoing surgery alone, chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy alone, or resection after neoadjuvant treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. A systematic review and meta-analysis of available data were conducted using PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) standards.

      Results
      The comparison contained two components. In the comparison of neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery and radical chemoradiotherapy/radiotherapy, a fine homogeneity (χ[2]=2.26, p=0.52, I[2]=0.0%) between four studies with a total of 803 selected cases was detected between the overall survival (OS), and the combined hazard ratio (HR) was 0.95 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.81-1.10; p=0.47). Progression-free survival (PFS) was investigated in two studies and there was also no significant difference for the combined HR was 0.90 (95% CI: 0.77-1.05; p=0.19). In the comparison of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (Neo-ChRT) and neoadjuvant chemotherapy(Neo-ChT) alone, three studies with a total of 229 selected cases were detected, with the combined HR of OS and PFS 0.79 (95% CI: 0.57–1.09; p=0.15) and 0.67 (95% CI: 0.39-1.15; p=0.15) respectively, but it did not reach the statistical significance. Observing the short-term therapeutic effect, these studies revealed that Neo-ChRT had increased the rate of mediastinal pCR by 15.48% (OR: 3.61, 95%CI: 1.07–12.15; P = 0.04). Comparing the incidence of main complications and mortality, there was no significant difference between neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery and radical chemoradiotherapy /radiotherapy alone. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery achievered higher response rates and similar postoperative mortality as compared to neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by operation, without adding significant adverse events.Figure 1

      Conclusion
      Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy followed by surgery is not superior to that followed by definitive radiotherapy. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy dose not improve survival compared to neoadjuvant chemotherapy alone. But it can increase the rate of downstaging and mediastinal pCR which were correlated with the better PFS and OS. Neoadjuvant treatment has not increased the incidence of postoperative complication and motality. Further studies should be conducted to determine the patients who will benefit from various administrations.

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