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    OA12 - SBRT and Other Issues in Early Stage NSCLC (ID 383)

    • Event: WCLC 2016
    • Type: Oral Session
    • Track: Early Stage NSCLC
    • Presentations: 1
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      OA12.07 - Selection for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage IB Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis (ID 5569)

      12:05 - 12:15  |  Author(s): H.C. Yang

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      Background:
      The newly proposed International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) staging system reclassified T2aN0M0 tumors greater than 4 cm as stage IIA instead of stage IB. This study investigated the role of adjuvant chemotherapy in pathologic stage IB non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

      Methods:
      The patients with pathologic T2aN0M0 NSCLC who underwent complete resection between 2001 and 2013 were identified from prospectively maintained databases, and classified into three groups based on tumor size: A (≤3.0 cm, n = 205), B (3.1-4.0 cm, n = 264), and C (>4.0 cm, n = 254). After propensity score matching, overall survival (OS) and freedom from recurrence (FFR) were compared between each group of paired patients who received platinum-based adjuvant chemotherapy and those who did not.

      Results:
      Among the 723 patients, 134 patients (18.5%) received adjuvant chemotherapy: Group A, 38 (18.5%) patients; Group B, 47 (17.8%); and Group C, 49 (19.3%). Matching based on propensity scored produced 38, 47, and 49 paired patients in Group A, B, and C, respectively. In Group A and B, there was no significant difference in OS and FFR between patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy and those who did not. In Group C, patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy experienced less recurrence and higher survival than those who did not. The 5-year FFR was 79.0% in in patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy and 66.1% in patients with surgery alone (p = 0.090). The 5-year OS was 95.8% in patients who received adjuvant chemotherapy and 68.9% in patients with surgery alone (p < 0.001). Figure 1



      Conclusion:
      Adjuvant chemotherapy was related with reduced recurrence and improved survival in patients with T2a tumors exceeding 4 cm. In considering the next upcoming 8[th ]edition of the TNM classification, adjuvant chemotherapy is a worthwhile and justified treatment for tumors greater than 4 cm with early stage disease.

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