How effective is neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery for pathologic single-station N2 non–small cell lung cancer? Journal Article


Authors: Keshava, H. B.; Tan, K. S.; Dycoco, J.; Livschitz, J.; Bott, M. J.; Huang, J.; Rusch, V. W.; Isbell, J. M.; Molena, D.; Bains, M. S.; Jones, D. R.; Rocco, G.
Article Title: How effective is neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery for pathologic single-station N2 non–small cell lung cancer?
Abstract: The optimal treatment strategy for pathologic single-station N2 (pN2a1) non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—surgery first followed by adjuvant treatment (SF) or neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery (NS)—remains unclear. We compared disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) after NS versus SF for pN2a1 NSCLC. We retrospectively identified patients with pN2a1 NSCLC resected between 2000 and 2018. Patients in the SF group had cN0 disease and were treated with surgery before adjuvant chemotherapy; patients in the NS group had known preoperative nodal disease, cN2 disease, and were treated with neoadjuvant therapy before surgery. The matching-weights procedure was applied to generate a cohort with similar characteristics between groups. DFS and OS were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier approach and compared between groups using weighted log-rank test and Cox proportional hazards models. We identified 227 patients with pN2a1 disease: 121 treated with SF and 106 with NS. After the matching-weights procedure, 5- and 10-year DFS were 45% and 27% for SF versus 26% and 21% for NS (log-rank P = 0.056; hazard ratio [HR], 1.61; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.98–2.65); 5- and 10-year OS were 49% and 30% for SF versus 43% and 20% for NS (log-rank P = 0.428; HR, 1.24; 95% CI, 0.67–2.28). SF and NS for pN2a1 NSCLC resulted in similar survival. A study comparing SF for known preresectional pN2a1 with occult pN2a1 disease could be a next step. Further investigation of SF for known N2a1 versus occult pN2a1 disease could power a clinical trial focused on N2a NSCLC. © 2020 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords: survival; adult; cancer survival; controlled study; human tissue; aged; cancer surgery; major clinical study; overall survival; disease free survival; neoadjuvant therapy; cancer staging; lymph node metastasis; sensitivity analysis; cohort analysis; retrospective study; preoperative period; non small cell lung cancer; neoadjuvant treatment; clinical outcome; adjuvant treatment; human; male; female; article; non–small cell lung cancer; pathologic single-station n2
Journal Title: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume: 33
Issue: 1
ISSN: 1043-0679
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.  
Date Published: 2021-01-01
Start Page: 206
End Page: 216
Language: English
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2020.08.006
PUBMED: 32853736
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC7904958
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Notes: Article -- Publisher's record lists the publication date as Spring -- Export Date: 1 April 2021 -- Source: Scopus
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  1. Valerie W Rusch
    825 Rusch
  2. James Huang
    185 Huang
  3. Matthew Bott
    104 Bott
  4. Joseph Dycoco
    40 Dycoco
  5. Manjit S Bains
    326 Bains
  6. David Randolph Jones
    364 Jones
  7. Daniela   Molena
    223 Molena
  8. Kay See   Tan
    210 Tan
  9. James Michael Isbell
    105 Isbell
  10. Gaetano Rocco
    90 Rocco