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ReviewDeutsches Arzteblatt international2023

Personalized Treatment for Patients With Lung Cancer.

Martin Schuler, Servet Bölükbas, Kaid Darwiche, Dirk Theegarten, Ken Herrmann, Martin Stuschke

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Review in Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Use of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in non-small cell lung cancer in elderly patients: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized clinical trials.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Martin SchulerDepartment of Medical Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen; Division of Thoracic Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Medicine Essen - Ruhrlandklinik; West German Cancer Center, University Medicine Essen - Ruhrlandklinik; Division of Interventional Bronchology, Department of Pneumology, West German Cancer Center, University Medicine Essen - Ruhrlandklinik; Institute of Pathology, West German Cancer Center , University Hospital Essen, Essen; Department of Nuclear Medicine, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen; Department of Radiation Therapy, West German Cancer Center , University Hospital Essen.
Servet Bölükbas
Kaid Darwiche
Dirk Theegarten
Ken Herrmann
Martin Stuschke

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLung cancer is the most common cause of death among all types of cancer in Germany, with an annual death rate of 45 000 patients. Over the past 15 years, innovations in diagnosis and treatment have prolonged the survival of patients with non-small-cell lung cancer in all tumor stages.

methodsThis review of the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer is based on current national and international guidelines, and on prospective trials with the highest possible level of evidence that were retrieved by a selective search of the literature.

resultsImproved outcomes in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (85% of new diagnoses) were achieved with the aid of precise diagnostic techniques, including functional imaging and endobronchial procedures for localized disease stage. Contemporary surgical and radio-oncological technologies reduce the morbidity and expand the boundaries of local therapy. Molecular pathology, including the assessment of predictive biomarkers, is an integral part of the diagnostic evaluation of non-small-cell lung cancer in all tumor stages; it enables stratified cytotoxic/molecularly targeted treatments and immunotherapies and improves patient-reported outcomes. The percentage of long-term survivors in the metastatic stage has doubled by the introduction of immunotherapy. In contrast, there has been no major improvement in the survival of patients with small-cell lung cancer (15% of new diagnoses).

conclusionIn addition to the implementation of lung cancer screening in high-risk populations, the further development and consistent implementation of personalized diagnosis and treatment in certified lung cancer centers can be expected to prolong survival and improve the patients' quality of life.

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Lung NeoplasmsPrecision MedicineCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungGermanyHumans

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PMID36790172
PMCPMC10391522

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