Evidence map›Paper›PMID 34439135›Full record

ReviewCancers2021

Current Treatment Strategies for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer with Comorbid Interstitial Pneumonia.

Satoshi Ikeda, Terufumi Kato, Hirotsugu Kenmotsu, Akimasa Sekine, Tomohisa Baba, Takashi Ogura

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Review in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Fatal acute interstitial pneumonia induced by radiotherapy alone.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024
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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.

Satoshi IkedaKanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, 6-16-1, Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Kanagawa 236-0051, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5203-7911
Terufumi KatoKanagawa Cancer Center, Department of Thoracic Oncology, 2-3-2, Nakao, Asahi-ku, Kanagawa 241-8515, Japan.
Hirotsugu KenmotsuDivision of Thoracic Oncology, Shizuoka Cancer Center, 1007, Shimonagakubo, Nagaizumi-cho, Shizuoka 411-8777, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-0590-9259
Akimasa SekineKanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, 6-16-1, Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Kanagawa 236-0051, Japan.
Tomohisa BabaKanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, 6-16-1, Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Kanagawa 236-0051, Japan.
Takashi OguraKanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, 6-16-1, Tomioka-higashi, Kanazawa-ku, Kanagawa 236-0051, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Of patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), 5-10% have interstitial pneumonia (IP) at the time of diagnosis. To avoid fatal acute exacerbations of pre-existing IP, appropriate patient selection and low-risk treatment choices are warranted. Risk factors for acute exacerbation of pre-existing IP with cytotoxic drugs include honeycomb lungs on computed tomography (CT) and low forced vital capacity, but risk factors with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have not been fully investigated. For advanced or recurrent NSCLC with comorbid IP, carboplatin plus nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel is the standard of care for first-line treatment, but second-line or later treatment has not been established. ICI holds great promise for long-term survival, but many challenges remain, including safety and appropriate patient selection. Since the indications for pharmacotherapy and radiotherapy for NSCLC with comorbid IP are quite limited, surgical resection should be considered as much as possible for patients with operable stages. A scoring system has been reported to predict the risk of postoperative acute exacerbation of pre-existing IP, but perioperative treatment has not been established. In the future, it is necessary to accumulate more cases and conduct further research, not only in Japan but also worldwide.

Indexed as

acute exacerbationcytotoxic drugidiopathic pulmonary fibrosisimmune checkpoint inhibitorinterstitial pneumonianon-small-cell lung cancerperioperative treatmentpneumonitisradiation therapysurgery

Identifiers

PMID34439135
PMCPMC8393888

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