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   <dc:title>Neoadjuvant treatment followed by surgery versus definitive chemoradiation in stage IIIA-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer: A multi-institutional study by the oncologic group for the study of lung cancer (Spanish Radiation Oncology Society)</dc:title>
   <dc:creator>Couñago, Felipe</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Rodríguez de Dios, Núria</dc:creator>
   <dc:creator>Taboada, B.</dc:creator>
   <dc:subject>Pulmons -- Càncer -- Quimioteràpia</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Chemoradiation</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>NSCLC</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Neoadjuvant treatment</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Surgery</dc:subject>
   <dc:subject>Stage IIIA</dc:subject>
   <dc:description>OBJECTIVES: The role of surgery in stage IIIA-N2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is an actively debated in oncology. To evaluate the value of surgery in this patient population, we conducted a multi-institutional retrospective study comparing neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy plus surgery (CRTS) to definitive chemoradiotherapy (dCRT). MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 247 patients with potentially resectable stage T1-T3N2M0 NSCLC treated with either CRTS or dCRT between January 2005 and December 2014 at 15 hospitals in Spain were identified. A centralized review was performed to ensure resectability. A propensity score matched analysis was carried out to balance patient and tumor characteristics (n = 78 per group). RESULTS: Of the 247 patients, 118 were treated with CRTS and 129 with dCRT. In the CRTS group, 62 patients (52.5%) received neoadjuvant CRT and 56 (47.4%) neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Surgery consisted of either lobectomy (97 patients; 82.2%) or pneumonectomy (21 patients; 17.8%). In the matched samples, median overall survival (OS; 56 vs 29 months, log-rank p = .002) and progression-free survival (PFS; 46 vs 15 months, log-rank p &amp;lt; 0.001) were significantly higher in the CRTS group. This survival advantage for CRTS was maintained in the subset comparison between the lobectomy subgroup versus dCRT (OS: 57 vs 29 months, p &amp;lt; 0.001; PFS: 46 vs 15 months, p &amp;lt; 0.001), but not in the comparison between the pneumonectomy subgroup and dCRT. CONCLUSION: The findings reported here indicate that neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery (preferably lobectomy) yields better OS and PFS than definitive chemoradiotherapy in patients with resectable stage IIIA-N2 NSCLC.</dc:description>
   <dc:date>2018-12-05T08:33:56Z</dc:date>
   <dc:date>2018</dc:date>
   <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
   <dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion</dc:type>
   <dc:identifier>Couñago F, Rodriguez de Dios N, Montemuiño S, Jové-Teixidó J, Martin M, Calvo-Crespo P. et al. Neoadjuvant treatment followed by surgery versus definitive chemoradiation in stage IIIA-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer: A multi-institutional study by the oncologic group for the study of lung cancer (Spanish Radiation Oncology Society). Lung Cancer. 2018 Apr;118:119-127. DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.02.008</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>0169-5002</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>http://hdl.handle.net/10230/35991</dc:identifier>
   <dc:identifier>http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.02.008</dc:identifier>
   <dc:language>eng</dc:language>
   <dc:rights>© Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.02.008</dc:rights>
   <dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights>
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   <dc:publisher>Elsevier</dc:publisher>
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