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ArticleTranslational lung cancer research2025

Efficacy of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy in the treatment of stage III non-small-cell lung cancer with cancer driver gene mutations.

Yuhong Yang, Jiacong Liu, Linhai Zhu, Xuhua Huang, Jiayue Ye, Nagashree Seetharamu, Hiroyuki Adachi, Jinming Xu, Yiqing Wang, Pinghui Xia and 3 more

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  1. Adjuvant immunotherapy in resected non-small cell lung cancer harboring oncogenic driver alterations beyond EGFR and ALK: results from a retrospective analysis.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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  2. Revisiting nature of stage III non-small cell lung cancer: Anatomically defined, biologically systemic.Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu · 2026
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Yuhong Yang *Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jiacong Liu *Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Linhai Zhu *Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Xuhua Huang *Department of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jiayue YeDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Nagashree SeetharamuDivision of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Northwell Health Cancer Institute, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Lake Success, NY, USA.
Hiroyuki AdachiDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
Jinming XuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yiqing WangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Pinghui XiaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Wang LvDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Chong ZhangDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jian HuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and cancer driver gene mutations are mainly treated with targeted therapy. Research into the application of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for these patients is active and ongoing. In this study, we assessed the feasibility and safety of immunochemotherapy as a neoadjuvant treatment in patients with stage III NSCLC with common cancer driver gene mutations. Methods: This retrospective study enrolled patients who had stage III NSCLC with the results of driver mutation testing [including epidermal growth factor receptor ( Results: From 2020 to 2022, a total of 34 patients with stage III NSCLC were included in this study and were categorized into two groups according to the presence of cancer driver gene mutations: a mutation group (n=22) and a wild-type (WT) group (n=12). The rate of ORR in the WT group was 58.3%, and the rate of ORR in the mutation group was 68.2%. And no postoperative deaths or grade 3 or 4 AEs were observed in either of the groups. Among the patients who underwent surgery, the major pathological response (MPR) rate in the WT group and the mutation group was 75.0% and 47.0%, respectively (P=0.23). The pathological complete response (pCR) rate in the WT group and in the mutation group was 37.5% and 23.5%, respectively (P=0.64). The 1-year DFS rate in the WT group and the mutation group was 87.5% and 82.4%, respectively, while the 1-year OS rates in the WT group and the mutation group were both 100.0%. Conclusions: The potential of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for patients with stage III NSCLC with cancer driver gene mutations is promising.

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cancer driver gene mutationsImmunochemotherapyneoadjuvant treatmentnon-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)surgery

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