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ArticleClinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico2025

Different approach to M descriptor for future staging of oligometastatic disease in SCLC: A cross-sectional survival analysis.

Melahat Uzel Şener, Pınar Akın Kabalak, Suna Kavurgacı, Nilgün Yılmaz Demirci, Derya Kızılgöz, Fazlı Yanık, Sinem Ermin, Yasemin Söyler, Yekta Altemur Karamustafaoğlu, Demet Türkay Pakna and 2 more

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Melahat Uzel ŞenerDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey. melahatuzeldr@yahoo.com.tr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8309-9517
Pınar Akın KabalakDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4087-7048
Suna KavurgacıDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5856-4891
Nilgün Yılmaz DemirciDepartment of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6160-3778
Derya KızılgözDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9304-216X
Fazlı YanıkDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8931-5329
Sinem ErminDepartment of Chest Diseases, Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Izmir, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0400-9403
Yasemin SöylerDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-0767
Yekta Altemur KaramustafaoğluDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5491-1219
Demet Türkay PaknaDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3711-3125
Ahmet DumanlıDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Health Sciences University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-7830
Ülkü YılmazDepartment of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Ankara Atatürk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, Keçiören, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1493-8385

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to investigate the impact of oligometastasis and the M descriptor on survival in small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

methodsThis multicenter, retrospective study included patients with newly diagnosed extensive-stage SCLC(ES-SCLC) from 2010 to 2020. Subgroups: Group 1: single metastasis in a single organ, Group 2: 2-5 metastases in a single organ, Group 3: 6 or more metastases in a single organ, and Group 4: metastases in two or more organs. This classification was based on the 9th Staging-M descriptor. Three-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) analyses were conducted.

resultsThe mean age of the 439 patients was 62 ± 10 years, and 89.5% of them were male. The mean PFS for Groups 1, 2, 3, 4 was 10.7 months (95% CI 8.9-12.5), 7.5 months (95% CI 5.6-9.4), 4.3 months (95% CI 2.9-5.7), and 5.4 months (95% CI 4.7-6.1), respectively. PFS in Group 2 was significantly higher. The mean OS for Groups 1, 2, 3, 4 was 13.3 months (95% CI 11.2-15.3), 9.5 months (95% CI 7.1-11.9), 7.1 months (95% CI 4.5-9.7), and 6.9 months (95% CI 6.0-7.9), respectively. OS in Group 1 was significantly higher. OS and PFS in the M1b group were significantly higher than in the M1c1 and M1c2 groups (p < 0.05) with no statistical difference between the M1c1 and M1c2 groups.

conclusionThere is no significant difference in survival between the M1c1 and M1c2 groups. In ES-SCLC, the number of metastases may be a more predictive factor for prognosis than the number of metastatic organs.

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