ArticleBMC cancer2021
Optimizing palliative chemotherapy for advanced invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung.
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- Prognostic factors for invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung: systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of surgical oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Immune checkpoint inhibitors for invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma: A case series.Oncology letters · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics, prognosis, and nomograms for lung invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma with distant metastasis: a population-based study.Translational cancer research · 2026Article
- [Advances on Molecular Mechanism and Clinical Treatment in Invasive Mucinous Adenocarcinoma].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2024Review
- The role of local ablative therapy in patients with advanced invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma of the lung.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2024Article
- Pulmonary mucinous adenocarcinoma: An overview of pathophysiology and advancements in treatment.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Phase II trial of dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in rare tumors SWOG/NCI experience: invasive mucinous or non-mucinous lepidic adenocarcinoma of the lung (formerly bronchioloalveolar carcinoma).Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2024Article
- Progress in the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma by integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
- PD-L1 Expression in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Specimens: Association with Clinicopathological Factors and Molecular Alterations.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundA primary pulmonary invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma (IMA) is a rare subtype of invasive adenocarcinoma of the lung. The prognosis of advanced IMA depending on chemotherapy regimen has not been fully investigated. Here, we compared the clinical outcomes of patients with advanced IMA treated with different palliative chemotherapies that included novel therapeutics.
methodsThis single-center retrospective study included a total of 79 patients diagnosed with IMA and treated with palliative chemotherapy. The primary outcome was the comparison of overall survival according to palliative chemotherapy type. Risk factors associated with death were evaluated as a secondary outcome.
resultsThe study cohort of 79 patients comprised 27 progressive or recurrent cases and 52 initial metastatic patients. Thirteen patients (16.5%) received targeted therapy and 18 cases (22.8%) received immunotherapy. When we compared the survival outcomes of the different treatment regimens, patients with IMA treated by immunotherapy (undefined vs. non-immunotherapy 17.0 months, p < 0.001) had better overall survival rates. However, there was no difference in the prognosis between the cases treated with a targeted therapy (35.6 vs. non-targeted therapy 17.0 months, p = 0.211). None of the conventional regimens produced a better outcome. By multivariable analysis, immunotherapy (HR 0.28; 95% CI 0.11-0.74; P = 0.008) was found to be an independent prognostic factor for death.
conclusionsThis study suggests that immunotherapy for patients with advanced IMA may provide favorable outcomes than other chemotherapy options.
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