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ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2017

Prolonged survival of patients with EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer with solitary brain metastases treated with surgical resection of brain and lung lesions followed by EGFR TKIs.

Qi Gui, Jiangang Liu, Dapeng Li, Chengcheng Xu

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Article in World journal of surgical oncology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Qi GuiDepartments of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Jiangang LiuDepartments of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Dapeng LiDepartments of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Chengcheng XuDepartments of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China. xuchengcheng@suda.edu.cn.
First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University · CNSoochow University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe standard combination of initial and subsequent treatments of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with solitary brain metastases (BM) remain unclear. Thus, the management options and the progression-free survival (PFS) and the overall survival (OS) of EGFR-mutated NSCLC patients with solitary BM were investigated in the study.

methodsWe retrospectively reviewed the clinical data from NSCLC patients who harbored EGFR mutations and who presented solitary BM at diagnosis in our institute between 2012 and 2014. PFS and OS were evaluated using Kaplan-Meier methods and compared using log-rank tests.

resultsIn total, 36 NSCLC patients with solitary BM who harbored EGFR mutations were enrolled in this study. The PFS and OS of these patients was 12.4 and 19.3 months, respectively. Sixteen patients underwent surgical resection of brain and lung lesions followed by EGFR-TKIs treatment, and the median OS was 28.0 months, which was significantly longer than 16.4 months of 14 patients received radiotherapy combined with or followed by EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and 15.8 months of 6 patients received radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy. The median PFS also showed the same trend in each group (16.1, 10.4, and 9.8 months, respectively).

conclusionsThe survival was extended in the patients receiving surgical resection of brain and lung lesions followed by EGFR-TKIs treatment, and surgery combined with EGFR-TKIs could be a recommended treatment for EGFR mutated NSCLC patients with solitary BM.

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AdultAgedBrainBrain NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungChemoradiotherapyChemotherapy, AdjuvantDisease-Free SurvivalErbB ReceptorsFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedMutationEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsProtein Kinase InhibitorsBrain metastasesEpidermal growth factor receptorNon-small cell lung cancerSurgical resection

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