scholarly journals Cisplatin plus vinorelbine as induction treatment in stage IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1647-1654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magda Palka ◽  
Antonio Sanchez ◽  
Mar Córdoba ◽  
Gema Díaz Nuevo ◽  
Andrés Varela De Ugarte ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (02) ◽  
pp. 129-134
Author(s):  
Daniel Pop ◽  
Nicolas Venissac ◽  
Michel Poudenx ◽  
Josiane Otto ◽  
Olivier Castelnau ◽  
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Background The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of surgery after two induction cycles of cisplatin-docetaxel followed by concomitant 40 Gy chemoradiation in the treatment of initially unresectable stage III non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC; TAXCIS protocol), and to evaluate overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) and recurrence risk factors over a larger cohort of patients with a subgroup analysis of patients treated by pneumonectomy. Methods Between 2004 and 2014, a total of 37 patients were treated. Only patients responding to induction treatment were included. Results We operated on 32 stage IIIA and 5 stage IIIB patients. We performed 12 pneumonectomies, 1 bilobectomy, and 23 lobectomies. Status ypT0N0 was obtained for 35% of the patients. Surgery was considered R0 in 86% of the cases. Postoperative morbidity was 21.6% with a mortality of 10.8% (25% after pneumonectomy). OS was 50% at 5 years. The median RFS was 50 months. RFS was 47% at 5 years. Local or locoregional recurrence was diagnosed in 10.8% of the patients, and distant metastasis in 35.1%. Recurrence risk factors were pneumonectomy (p = 0.001) and a histologically incomplete response (p = 0.04). Conclusion The TAXCIS protocol followed by surgery is feasible for initially unresectable NSCLC stage IIIA and B patients. Benefit was noted in responding lesions with better OS and PFS, except after pneumonectomy.


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