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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Targeted Therapies in Early Stage NSCLC: Hype or Hope?

Alex Friedlaender, Alfredo Addeo, Alessandro Russo, Vanesa Gregorc, Diego Cortinovis, Christian D Rolfo

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

65 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 98 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Alex FriedlaenderOncology Department, University Hospital of Geneva, 1205 Genève, Switzerland.
Alfredo AddeoOncology Department, University Hospital of Geneva, 1205 Genève, Switzerland.
Alessandro RussoMedical Oncology Unit, A.O. Papardo, 98158 Messina, Italy.
Vanesa GregorcDepartment of Oncology, Division of Experimental Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Diego CortinovisSC Medical Oncology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale (ASST) H S Gerardo Monza, 20900 Monza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7611-7369
Christian D RolfoThoracic Oncology Department and Early Phase Clinical Trials Section, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 20742, USA.
University Hospital of Geneva · CHAzienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Papardo Piemonte · ITAzienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo · ITUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USVita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) represents roughly 85% of lung cancers, with an incidence that increases yearly across the world. The introduction in clinical practice of several new and more effective molecules has led to a consistent improvement in survival and quality of life in locally advanced and metastatic NSCLC. In particular, oncogenic drivers have indeed transformed the therapeutic algorithm for NSCLC. Nearly 25% of patients are diagnosed in an early stage when NSCLC is still amenable to radical surgery. In spite of this, five-year survival rates for fully resected early stage remains rather disappointing. Adjuvant chemotherapy has shown a modest survival benefit depending on the stage, but more than half of patients relapse. Given this need for improvement, over the last years different targeted therapies have been evaluated in early-stage NSCLC with no survival benefit in unselected patients. However, the identification of reliable predictive biomarkers to these agents in the metastatic setting, the design of molecularly-oriented studies, and the availability of novel potent and less toxic agents opened the way for a novel era in early stage NSCLC treatment. In this review, we will discuss the current landscape of targeted therapeutic options in early NSCLC.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAnimalsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungHumansLung NeoplasmsNeoplasm ProteinsProtein Kinase InhibitorsNeoplasm ProteinsProtein Kinase InhibitorsALKearly stageEGFRNSCLCosimertinibtargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID32878298
PMCPMC7504271
OpenAlexW3082106558

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