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    P1.01 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 453)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Poster Presenters Present
    • Track: Epidemiology/Tobacco Control and Cessation/Prevention
    • Presentations: 1
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      P1.01-052 - Lung Cancer Mortality in Mexico, 1990-2014 (ID 5810)

      14:30 - 14:30  |  Author(s): L. RamÍrez-Tirado

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      Background:
      Mortality from lung cancer ranks first in men and third in women in Mexico. We aim to assess the mortality rate from lung cancer in the Mexican population during the period from 1990 through 2014.

      Methods:
      In this longitudinal study we analyzed the mortality rate of lung cancer, adjusted for age, sex and degree of marginalization. The mortality rate was adjusted applying the direct method. In adittion, we used the 2010 Mexican Population,which was taken from the Population and Housing Census. Deaths were taken from the mortality database of the Ministry of Health of Mexico. The degree of marginalization of the population was made based on the marginality index established by the National Population Council, it includes five categories of marginalization: Very low, low, medium, high and very high. The 33 states of the Mexican Republic are divided into these categories, approximately being six to seven in each. Finally, the annual percentage change was calculated.

      Results:
      During the study period a decrease we observed a decrease in the lung cancer mortality rate adjusted for age and gender. Thus, the rate in 1990 was higher (110 deaths per 100,000 population), which decreased to 90 per 100,000 in 2014, representing a decrease of more than 15%. In relation to gender we observed a decrease in the mortality rate for both genders. In addition, the mortality rate in women was three times lower from that among men througout the whole period of study. Nonetheless, we observed a slight increasing trend for women in the last years. Regarding the marginalization index we observed that the highest mortality rates occur in the states that comprise the categories with low and very low marginalization. Moreover, decline in mortality was also observed in those categories, unlike the categories of high and very high marginalization, where a slightly increase was observed during the period of study.

      Conclusion:
      Mortality from lung cancer has declined during the studied period, a situation that may be due to various situations such as diagnosis at earlier clinical stages or treatments more effectively, or under registry of mortality in the states that make up the categories with high or very high marginalization. Such situations must be studied in greater depth to identify the causes for the decline in mortality from lung cancer.

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    P2.03b - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 465)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Poster Presenters Present
    • Track: Advanced NSCLC
    • Presentations: 2
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      P2.03b-003 - Mutation Profile & Histology According to ERS/ATC/IASCL Associated with IPFS to WBI in BM Patients with Recent Adenocarcinoma Lung Cancer (ID 5817)

      14:30 - 14:30  |  Author(s): L. RamÍrez-Tirado

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      Background:
      Brain-metastases (BM) are a common metastatic site in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We studied the impact of genetic alterations (EGFR, ALK and KRAS) in relation to objective response rate (ORR), intracranial-progression-free survival (IPFS) and overall-survival (OS) after whole-brain irradiation (WBI) in patients at recently diagnosis with NSCLC and BM.

      Methods:
      From 2009-2015, 231 NSCLC patients with BM were reviewed for eligibility. Among them, 121 patients with recently diagnosis of NSCLC, were treated with WBI and have available genotyping status.

      Results:
      EGFR, KRAS, ALK and WT patients were found in 38.0%, 6.6%, 5.8% and 49.6%, respectively. Overall, ORR and disease control rate (DCR) were 62.0% and 76.8%, respectively. ORR for EGFR, KRAS, ALK and WT patients were 82.6%, 25.0%, 71.4% and 50.0%, respectively (p=0.001). Female gender (OR 2.22 [95% CI: 1.01 – 4.89] P=0.047) and EGFR were associated to better response to WBI (OR 5.67 [95% CI 2.0-15.8], P = 0.001). A high architectural histological grade was independently associated with resistance to WBI. Median IPFS was 9.06 months [95% CI 6.5 -11.4]. IPFS for EGFR, K-RAS,ALK and WT patients were 11.9, 4.6,12.5 and 6.6 months, respectively (P <0.0001). EGFR mutation status (HR 0.54 [95%CI 0.3-0.9], P = 0.030) was the only factor associated with higher IPFS in the multivariate Cox-regression analysis. Median OS was 16.6 months [95% CI 11.6-22.6]. OS for EGFR, ALK, KRAS and WT patients were 26.8, 13.5, 4.9 and 13.6 months, respectively (P < 0.001). Intracranial OR was associated with a higher OS (HR 0.28 [95%CI 0.2-0.5], P < 0.001), while KRAS mutation positive status (HR 3.45 [95%CI 1.4-8.4], P = 0.006) was independently associated with worse OS. Figure 1



      Conclusion:
      EGFR mutation is an independent predictive factor for OR to WBI for BM in patients with NSCLC. KRAS mutation is an independent predictive factor for worse OS after BM.

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      P2.03b-083 - Soluble Angiogenic Factors as Predictive Biomarkers of Response to Docetaxel plus Nintedanib as Second Line Therapy in NSCLC (ID 5199)

      14:30 - 14:30  |  Author(s): L. RamÍrez-Tirado

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      Background:
      Angiogenesis is fundamental for progression in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Nintedanib is a potent, triple angiokinase inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF), and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF). We evaluated the association between plasma levels of VEGF, FGF, and PDGF, both baseline and after treatment with Nintedanib plus Docetaxel, as well as disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), among patients with NSCLC.

      Methods:
      Thirty-eight patients were enrolled from July 2014 through October 2015. Stage IIIB/IV NSCLC patients who had progression after first-line chemotherapy with adenocarcinoma histology were included. Patients received Docetaxel 75mg/m2 on day 1 plus 200mg of Nintedanib orally twice daily on days 2-21 every three weeks until unacceptable adverse events or disease progression. Peripheral blood samples were taken at baseline and after completion of the second cycle of Docetaxel plus Nintedanib therapy to measure angiogenic factors.

      Results:
      Mean age at diagnosis was 58.7 years. Eighty-two percent of the patients had metastatic disease, and a good (<2) ECOG performance status (97.4%). Acinar (21.1%) and papillary (15.8%) sub-histological types were the most common adenocarcinoma predominant patterns. Overall response rate and DCR were of 7.9% and 47.3%, respectively. Baseline values of FGF, VEGF and PDGF were 27.6 pg/ml; 122.7 pg/ml and 8,655 pg/ml. Patients with DCR were more likely to have lower median serological values of FGF at follow-up (33.1 vs. 88.1 pg/ml; p=0.0017). Median PFS was 3.7 months. Both in the univariate and multivariate analyses, a higher percentage change reduction in PDGF after treatment was associated with a longer PFS (6.37 vs. 3.58 months, p=0.059; Hazard ratio (HR): 3.15, p=0.024). OS of patients was 8.8 months. Both in the univariate and mutivariate analysis a higher percentage change in FGF was associated with a longer OS (13.8 vs. 7.16 months, p=0.006; HR: 3.63, p=0.033].

      Conclusion:
      A higher reduction of plasma levels of FGF and PDGF was associated with better clinical outcomes.

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