2020
Association of Survival With Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients With Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With vs Without High-Risk Clinicopathologic Features
Pathak R, Goldberg SB, Canavan M, Herrin J, Hoag JR, Salazar MC, Papageorge M, Ermer T, Boffa DJ. Association of Survival With Adjuvant Chemotherapy Among Patients With Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With vs Without High-Risk Clinicopathologic Features. JAMA Oncology 2020, 6: 1741-1750. PMID: 32940636, PMCID: PMC7499246, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.4232.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNode-negative non-small cell lung cancerHigh-risk pathologic featuresNon-small cell lung cancerAdjuvant chemotherapyCell lung cancerPathologic featuresTumor sizeSurvival benefitCohort studyLung cancerNode-negative NSCLCEarly-stage non-small cell lung cancerCox proportional hazards regression modelHigh-risk clinicopathologic featuresProportional hazards regression modelsNational Cancer DatabaseRetrospective cohort studyTreatment-naive patientsAdjuvant chemotherapy useHigh-risk featuresAssociation of survivalHazards regression modelsImmortal time biasChemotherapy useEligible patients
2019
Comparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
Uhlig J, Case MD, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Chiang A, Gettinger SN, Kim HS. Comparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e199702. PMID: 31433481, PMCID: PMC6707019, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9702.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAblation TechniquesAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungChemotherapy, AdjuvantComparative Effectiveness ResearchDatabases, FactualFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm StagingPneumonectomyProportional Hazards ModelsRadiotherapy, AdjuvantRetrospective StudiesSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsStage IV non-small cell lung cancerNon-small cell lung cancerPrimary tumor siteSuperior overall survivalSystemic therapySurgical resectionCell lung cancerExternal beam radiotherapyOverall survivalSurvival benefitLocal treatmentTumor siteTumor characteristicsLung cancerTreatment groupsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regression modelsOligometastatic non-small cell lung cancerStage IV squamous cell carcinomaSurvival rateCox proportional hazards regression modelProportional hazards regression modelsComparative effectiveness research studyCancer-specific factorsNational Cancer DatabaseStage IV diseaseRefining the role of adjuvant chemotherapy in stage IB and IIA NSCLC.
Pathak R, Hoag J, Goldberg S, Monsalve A, Resio B, Boffa D. Refining the role of adjuvant chemotherapy in stage IB and IIA NSCLC. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 8519-8519. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.8519.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerNational Cancer Data BaseHigh-risk featuresIIA non-small cell lung cancerAdjuvant chemotherapyStage IBGuideline recommendationsMultivariable Cox proportional hazards regressionBenefit of ACTMulti-agent adjuvant chemotherapyRole of ACSingle-agent adjuvant chemotherapyUse of ACCox proportional hazards regressionStage IB patientsCell lung cancerProportional hazards regressionImmortal time biasNon-academic centersPT2N0 patientsT2a patientsT2b patientsNSCLC patientsSurvival benefitAC patients