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P2.02 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 462)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Locally Advanced NSCLC
- Presentations: 1
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- Coordinates: 12/06/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
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P2.02-044 - Impact of N2 Extent and Nodal Response on Survival after Trimodal Treatment for Stage IIIA-N2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (ID 4662)
14:30 - 14:30 | Author(s): H. Kim
- Abstract
Background:
Mediastinal nodal downstaging is an important prognostic factor of neoadjuvant concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT) for stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the role of trimodal treatment remains controversial in patients with persistent N2 disease. We aimed to investigate survival outcomes based on the extent of pre-CCRT nodal involvement and mediastinal nodal response in patients who underwent neoadjuvant CCRT for stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC.
Methods:
A retrospective review of patients with N2 disease who underwent neoadjuvant CCRT followed by surgery at our institution was performed and survival outcomes were compared according to the extent of pre-CCRT mediastinal nodal involvement and mediastinal nodal response to CCRT. Extensive lymph node involvement was defined by short-axis diameter of lymph nodes > 2cm measured at computed tomography or involvement of 2 or more mediastinal lymph node stations.
Results:
From 2003 to 2013, 407 patients underwent curative-intent surgery after neoadjuvant CCRT for NSCLC with pathologically proven N2 disease. The mean age was 59 years (314 men, 77%) and histologic type included adenocarcinoma in 233 patients (57%), squamous cell carcinoma in 141 (35%), and large cell carcinoma in 11 (2.7%). Seventy-nine patients (19%) had extensive N2 disease on pre-CCRT imaging tests. The extent of surgery included lobectomy in 311 patients (76%), pneumonectomy in 43 (11%), and sleeve resection in 15 (3.7%). Post-CCRT pathologic nodal status was ypN0 in 155 patients (38%), ypN1 in 56 (14%), and ypN2 in 196 (48%). With a mean follow-up of 41 months, median overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) were 73 months and 18 months, respectively. The 5-year OS and RFS rates were 61% and 42% in ypN0-1 and 40% and 13% in ypN2, respectively (OS, p=0.0032; RFS, p<0.0001). For patients with ypN0-1, the 5-year OS and RFS rates were 60% and 52% in extensive N2 disease and 61% and 40% in non-extensive N2 disease, respectively (OS, p=0.8106; RFS, p=0.1218). For patients with ypN2, the 5-year OS and RFS rates were 22% and 12% in extensive N2 disease and 47% and 12% in non-extensive N2 disease, respectively (OS, p=0.0403; RFS, p=0.4842).
Conclusion:
Pre-CCRT non-extensive N2 disease was associated with better OS, but was not with better RFS in patients with persistent N2 disease. Patients who achieved mediastinal downstaging showed acceptable OS and RFS regardless of N2 extensiveness. Considering heterogeneity of N2, the indication of neoadjuvant CCRT needs to be differentiated according to the extent of pre-CCRT nodal involvement and post-CCRT mediastinal nodal response.
